Margarita (as an inspiration for a series of illustrations/ kao nadahnuće za seriju ilustracija)

March 12, 2016

It's been a while since I last posted my illustrations, so here we go. All of these illustrations were inspired by The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov (medium is watercolours). Last month in this post, I mentioned just how much I loved this book. I didn't write a review for this one yet, but when I do I will probably post in on my literature blog. Yes, I actually have another blog where I post book reviews. I plan to post book recommendations here, but I think it is best that I keep my book reviews on another blog because they are bound to be quite long. Last book I reviewed there was A Pale View of Hills by Kazuo Ishiguro (you can read it here). Anyhow, I think it is only natural that books inspire my paintings. After all, they were always such an important part of my life.

“But what can be done, the one who loves must share the fate of the one he loves.”

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“Follow me, reader! Who told you that there is no true, faithful, eternal love in this world! May the liar's vile tongue be cut out! Follow me, my reader, and me alone, and I will show you such a love!”
Mikhail Bulgakov, The Master and Margarita

Prošlo je dosta vremena od kada sam zadnji put objavila svoje ilustracije, pa evo ih (medij su vodene boje). Sve su ove bile nadahnute Majstorom i Margaritom Mikhaila Bulgakova. Prošlog mjeseca sam spomenula koliko mi se svidjela ova knjiga u ovoj objavi. Nisam još napisala ogled ovog romana, ali kada to napravim, vjerojatno ću ga objaviti na mome književnom blogu. Da, zapravo imam još jedan blog na kojem objavljujem oglede knjiga. Planiram objavljivati ovdje preporuke knjige, ali mislim da je najbolje da oglede ostavim na tome drugom blogu jer će sigurno biti malo poduži. Koje je zadnja knjiga o kojoj sam tamo pisala možete saznati ovdje. Mislim da je posve prirodno da me za slikanje nadahnu knjige jer su uvijek bile važan dio moga života.

“But would you kindly ponder this question: What would your good do if
evil didn't exist, and what would the earth look like if all the shadows
disappeared? After all, shadows are cast by things and people. Here is the
shadow of my sword. But shadows also come from trees and living beings.
Do you want to strip the earth of all trees and living things just because
of your fantasy of enjoying naked light? You're stupid.”
Mikhail Bulgakov, The Master and Margarita

“Yes, man is mortal, but that would be only half the trouble. The worst of it is that he's sometimes unexpectedly mortal—there's the trick!”

Is that vodka?" Margarita asked weakly.
The cat jumped up in his seat with indignation.
"I beg pardon, my queen," he rasped, "Would I ever allow myself to offer vodka to a lady? This is pure alcohol!”

Mikhail Bulgakov, The Master and Margarita

“Love leaped out in front of us like a murderer in an alley leaping out of nowhere, and struck us both at once. As lightning strikes, as a Finnish knife strikes! She, by the way, insisted afterwards that it wasn’t so, that we had, of course, loved each other for a long, long time, without knowing each other, never having seen each other… ”

“You are not Dostoevsky,' said the woman...
'You never can tell...' he answered.
'Dostoevsky is dead,' the woman said, a bit uncertainly.
'I protest!' he said with heat, 'Dostoevsky is immortal!”

“Margarita was never short of money. She could buy whatever she liked. Her husband had plenty of interesting friends. Margarita never had to cook. Margarita knew nothing of the horrors of living in a shared flat. In short... was she happy? Not for a moment.”

“Azazello begged her not to worry, assuring her that he had seen not only naked women but also women with their skin flayed clean off...”

“I wouldn’t like to meet you when you’ve got a revolver,” said Margarita with a coquettish look at Azazello. She had a passion for people who did things well.”

Mikhail Bulgakov, The Master and Margarita