The Beauty of the Hare

Image: Photographer unknown.

See also the previous posts:
• A Remarkable Creature
• Golden-Coloured Eyes
• A Still Moment
• Among the Wheat
• Communion

The Art of Claudio Bravo

Writes Christopher Harrity:

Chilean-born (1936) Claudio Bravo, a pioneer of the realist revival in the 1970s, had his first success as a society painter in Franco’s Spain. He was able to do flattering, detailed portraits at a rapid pace. His paintings of paper-wrapped packages, perfectly rendered in a photo-realist style, were very popular as well.

His paintings of young man and athletes, however, stood out as his most heartfelt works.

Bravo was successful enough to buy a 19th-century villa in Tangier, Morocco, where he spent most of his life. In Tangier he painted primarily male models — workers in the house, their friends, the telephone repairman. “Islamic women will not pose for me,” he once explained. “That is one of the reasons why I recently bought apartments in Madrid and New York — to expand the range of types that I paint.”

The artist died at his home in Taroudant, Morocco, June 4, 2011. For more information go to ClaudioBravo.com

Related Off-site Link: ClaudioBravo.com

See also: The Art of Salem Beiruti | Ismael Álvarez | Stefano Junior | Saul Lyons | Alexis Vera | Mauna Nada | Ego Rodriguez | Liam Campbell | Richard Vyse | David Jester | Aaron Moth | Travis Chantar | Douglas Simonson | Guglielmo Plüschow | Vilela Valentin | Dante Cirquero | Nebojsa Zdravkovic | Brenden Sanborn | Wilhelm von Gloeden | Richard Haines | John MacConnell | Leo Rydell Jost | Jim Ferringer | Juliusz Lewandowski | Felix d'Eon | Herbert List | Joe Ziolkowski

Leaping Hare

“Leaping Hare” by Penny Hardy is made of aluminium wire, epoxy resin, and stainless steel. Its stainless steel stilts allow it to sway and move with the breeze.

See also the previous posts:
• Leaping Hare (2014)
• Leaping Hare (2016)
• The Leaper
• Leap

Morning Light

Subject: Rafael Branciforti.
Photographer: Unknown.

Amid Daisies

Image: F. Crickmore.

Men Amidst Flora III

With today being World Naked Gardening Day, it seems like a perfect time to post an installment of The Leveret’s “Men Amidst Flora” series.

World Naked Gardening Day (WNGD) is an annual international event generally celebrated on the first Saturday of May by gardeners and non-gardeners alike. WNGD was founded and organized by Mark Storey (consulting editor for Nude & Natural magazine) and permaculturalist Jacob Gabriel, as a project of Body Freedom Collaborative (BFC). In its early days, Storey had a vision of BFC engaging in “guerrilla pranksterism” such as showing up spontaneously in an urban environment and engaging in guerilla gardening.

In the New York Daily News, Storey noted that WNGD is not owned by any one organization. “No particular organization owns World Naked Gardening Day,” he said, “and it’s not actually one large gathering of horticulturists in Seattle who strip down and shear some shrubs together.”

Images: Subjects and photographers unknown.

See also the previous posts:
• Men Amidst Flora I
• Men Amidst Flora II
• Going Floral
• The Art of Travis Chantar
• The Art of Vilela Valentin
• Afternoon Light
• Bel Homme – August 22, 2015
• Bel Homme – April 22, 2013
• Bel Homme – July 5, 2012
• Bel Homme – June 2, 2012
• All the Time
• The Divine Masculine Principle
• Spring Bouquet
• Burgeoning Life Force
• “Hail to the Seasonal Prince”

Bel Homme

Image: Subject and photographer unknown.

The Beltane Hare

Image: Artist unknown.

See also the previous posts:
• Beltane
• A Beltane Blessing
• “Hail to the Seasonal Prince”

And at The Leveret’s brother site, The Wild Reed, see:
• Beltane: Casting Off the Darkness and Celebrating the Light
• Beltane: Celebrating the Sheer Exuberance of May
• Beltane and the Reclaiming of Spirit
• Beltane Morning Light

Headwear

Hats | Caps | Helmets | Headdresses

See also the previous posts:
• Headwear – February 21, 2021
• Headwear – September 8, 2020
• Mon Bel Ami – January 22, 2015
• Bel Homme – May 20, 2012

Images: Subjects and photographers unknown.

The Return

Image: Artist unknown.

See also the previous posts:
• Welcoming the Return of Spring
• Burgeoning Life Force
• Spring Bouquet
• Spring Blossoming
• Among Spring Blooms

Spiritual Phallicism

Everything is contained within the Divine. Under that premise, Cock Worship is as valid a spiritual practice as any other. To me, Spiritual Phallicism is a lifestyle, an ongoing spell we consciously cast to dispel the false duality of matter versus spirit.

It is beautiful beyond words to witness the rebirth of this ancient tradition which liberates Men from the shackles of guilt, fear and shame and allows them to embrace their sexual nature as Brothers!

– Source

See also the previous posts:
• Phallus
• Penis
• Soft
• Hard
• Rethinking the “Normal” Penis
• Not a Weapon or a Mere Tool
• Reaching Out
• The Body’s “Holy Hole”
• A Source of Great Pleasure
• Body and Soul
• Buddies
• “Downtown Heaven”
• Setting Free
• Sweet Release
• Divine Expressions
• The Divine Masculine Principle
• Affirming Our Essential Goodness
• Animal Energies
• The Art of Dante Cirquero
• The Body: A Holy Place of Romp and Renewal

Images: Subjects and photographers unknown.

Alcove

Image: Photographer unknown.

See also the previous posts:
• Ornamental Hare
• Garden Hare I
• Garden Hare II
• Hare Décor
• Resting Hare