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Daphne

Daphne

  In Ovid’s Metamorphoses, Apollo, the god of music and poetry, was afflicted by an infatuation for the beautiful nymph Daphne. He pursued her relentlessly until, unable to escape his clutches, she was transformed into a laurel tree by the river god Peneus in order to save her from...

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Metamorphoses

Metamorphoses

Arbor Vitae The inscription on Arbor Vitae was done by a female Japanese student who chanced upon my Orvieto gallery one day. I asked her if she could write some Japanese calligraphy, anything as long as it was beautiful. She wrote in silver ink directly on the print, "Even a chance...

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