Tag: Dumas

I took my time in Palazzo Grassi, Venice one Sunday afternoon and discovered the magical portraits of Marlene Dumas. Many of them are ugly, distorted — far from glamour and beauty but they are so raw, so real — authentic portrayals of life. Marlene Dumas. Dead Marilyn. 2008 ...

This is the book that started my journey for a love of reading. It got the juices flowing and I was hooked. I was in 8th grade and this book came across my reading list that the teacher gave out to the students for a final project at the end of the semester. I picked it, I believe, because the cover...