16 - Cynthia Morris – Montmartre
The Art
“Home Away from Home” by Cynthia Morris
5 x 8.5 inches, Watercolour and ink
Cynthia Morris
When I travel, I book myself an apartment so I can cook breakfast and enjoy the local market produce. A homebody at heart, this is how I can travel and feel the comforts of a home at the same time.
This painting is from a trip to Paris in January, 2013, when I spoke at the American Library about my novel Chasing Sylvia Beach. This entryway led me to a lovely flat that was perfect for my stay.
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The Artists
1 - Kathryn Portelli
2 - Helen Hiebert
3 - Petrus Spronk
4 - Ann Lewis
6 - Cornelius Cardew
7 - Bronle Crosby
10 - Casey Klahn
11 - Maggie Ruley
12 - Jim Carpenter
13 - Gerda Tobler
14 - Pete Goodlet
15 - Kathleen O’Brien
16 - Cynthia Morris
17 - Mark Payne
18 - Juli Cady Ryan
19 - Shakespeare
20 - Jack Fisher
21 -Nanci Hersh
22 - Padraig McCaul
23 - Laurie LeBreton
24 - Sophia Khan
25 - Linnet Hunter
26 - Lisa Call
27 - Brenda York
28 - Holly Wilson
29 - Dariusz Klimczak
30 - India Flint
31 - Chris Maynard
32 - Mauricio Paz Viola
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35 - Patty Sgrecci
The Music
"Montmartre Stole her Heart" (for voice, 2 accordions, two pianos, spoken word)
A little clichè to use accordions? Perhaps… But frankly, I couldn’t resist. I recall my first trip to Paris with wistful affection. Arriving there with a backpack, no idea of where to stay, yet an overwhelming sense that I’d stepped into a watercolour painting. To this day, I still remember smiling in disbelief, as my ears led my feet to a small, out of the way café, where an accordion player was serenading his meagre audience of two… His music, caressing those cobbled streets, completed the painting for me. In my memory, it is still captivatingly vivid. As a young traveller, Montmartre was one of the places I first experienced that surreal sense of living IN the dream, knowing I’d carry those memories with me forever.
Tucked away in this piece, are some of those recollections, two quotes from “Home Sweet Home” and “La Marseillaise” and some voices from the fleeting and enduring inhabitants of Cynthia’s home away from home.