real life is elsewhere

the story-tellers, part 42

jasper johns in his studio on pearl street with flag, photographed by robert rauschenberg, 1954-55.

jean-paul riopelle in his atelier, photographed by denise colomb, 1953.

frida kahlo in the (mexico city) british hospital, photographed by hans gutmann (aka juan guzmán), 1951.

lucian freud painting leigh bowery, photographed by bruce bernard, 1982.

constantin brancusi studio, taillant a la scie une colonne sans fin, ca. 1924-1925.

henri matisse dans son appartement de nice, fin des années 1910.

andy warhol at the first factory, east 47th street, nyc, photographed by ugo mulas, 1964.

picasso sur un escabeau, un pinceau à la main devant guernica, dans l'atelier des grands augustins, paris, 1937.

enid yandell with pallas athena, ca. 1897.

helen frankenthaler in her studio.

jackson pollock in his studio, springs, long island, new york, ca. 1950

suffolk county cops in new york pulled a seemingly dead fawn out of icy waters in fire island & a family of deer came up to it & licked it back to health!

marine bureau officers noticed the little baby deer's head among pieces of ice & slush floating on the water about 30 yards from shore. they didn't know how long it had been there but picked it up & put in on the boat. a suffolk county police marine bureau officer met them on the dock as they tried to rescue the little animal. they quickly covered the deer in several thick blankets but, despite their best efforts, the little guy remained freezing wet & motionless. since it wasn't flailing or kicking they weren't sure if it was in shock of hypothermia.

then the miracle happened! 3 deer - an adult & 2 young babies that appeared to be members of the fawn's family - came out of the woods & began to lick the little guy. slowly, he started to come back to live, first blinking its big brown eyes, then getting up slowly & moving around the dock.

the officers took him to the station house & having limited food there, fed it warm popcorn. after a few minutes, the fawn started to get even more alert & ran off with the other deer.

squeeeeeeeeee!!!!