Wind of Life
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Alice J. Muskett (1869 – 1936) was an Australian artist who was regarded as generous, self-reliant, independent and a “role model that younger women artists could emulate”. She travelled to Paris three times to work on her artistic skills and in the earlier years (1895-1898) she made regular contributions to The Daily Telegraph. These journal-style articles provide insight into the heart and mind of this dedicated artist.
In much of Alice’s work I discovered this same tug-of-war between the artist who is desperate to improve, dedicated to the solitude of learning, practising and producing new creations verses the effervescent spirit who thrives on company and society. This includes her simple yet illuminating 1905 poem ‘A Spring Melody’. Alice seeks the ‘wind of life’ to provide her with the energy she needs to help others, whilst at the same time, yearns for the ‘sun of love’ to provide her with a sustaining love for humanity itself. In order to be the artist she wishes to be, she feels a need to serve and within that need, is able to find.
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