Karl von Blaas, Austrian
Woman Wondering What Exactly She Just Bought For Three Bucks at Harry Potter’s Garage Sale, 1859
Oil on canvas
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/// When you’re drinking some hot, spicy stuff,
pray your stomach and taste buds are tough.
If it bursts into flame
you can stop with no shame.
Put a lid on it; you’ve had enough.
/// Here, the painter tells an abstract story.
It’s symbolic, an odd Allegory
of Self-Control which
can your nature enrich.
Moderation portrayed a priori.
/// In a work like this artists paint fire
as a symbol for burning desire.
When she covers that bowl
she displays self-control;
moderation to which we aspire.
/// She does not let desires run free.
Stifling them is, to balance, the key.
Were she out of control
she’d be risking her soul,
(but that painting I’d much rather see).
/// This is one of a series of four
that I found (there may be even more).
Allegories portraying
seated women displaying
“Art,” or “Power,” or “Valor” in war.
/// When comparing it to all the rest,
I’m not sure “Self-Control” is the best.
“Valor” sits on a lion.
“Power” reigns over Zion.
But for “Art” she displays a bare breast.
/// It’s amazing what three dollars bought her,
(changed to pounds when she paid Harry Potter).
But how did he acquire
the famed Goblet of Fire?
Nicked from Hogwarts? That Potter’s a rotter.
or…
/// “I adore spicy peppers,” she’d claim.
Over two million Scoville, her aim.
If the heat makes you sick,
drink some milk pretty quick,
but before that extinguish that flame!
or…
/// A dessert that is served en flambé
looks spectacular, most people say.
But this girl, all the same,
rushed to put out the flame—
so the cognac won’t all burn away.