A New Year's Eve Dream

     It's time to prepare yourself for the party of the year!

     Soft glowing fairy lights draped around a mirror to help set the mood for an opulent celebration!

     Only a sparkling dress adorned with crystals and golden beads will do....

                    and maybe some sequined ballerina flats.

     Tousled hair pulled up in a bun would not be complete without a satin bow or hair clip of rhinestones.

     Wear something delicate like pearls to showcase a bare neck.

          and now it is time for the celebration to begin!

     Every corner of the world will celebrate the dawn of the New Year with different foods and drink.

          I prefer cake and a glass of the finest Champagne.

     If we're going to dream .... let's dream big ..... let's be in Paris to ring in the New Year!

 Welcome 2014!

 God's Blessings to All in the Coming New Year -
                                  Rochelle





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Pierrot

Pierrot

     

 In the late 17th century, an Italian troop of performers called the Comedie-Italienne, entertained the Parisian public with plays and operas.  Amongst one of their characters arose, Pierrot (an hypocorism of the French name, Pierre or Peter).

The hat was replaced with a skullcap when French mime,  Jean-Gasprd Deburau, reincarnated the character Pierrot.  

Portrayed in the visual arts as a broken hearted clown, he pins for his lover, or some say wife, Columbine.  Columbine had left him for that clown, Harlequin.  

Pierrot, this heartbroken character became the symbol of the Romantic's in the 19th century and also for the Post-Revoluntionary French, struggling to secure a place in the bourgeois world. 

Throughout the centuries, Pierrot has transformed into a multipurpose icon.  Selling everything from beauty products to intoxicants.

For myself, Pierrot is a remembrance of Paris and all it's antiquated charm.

Pierrot has been played by women such as Sarah Bernhardt.

and Diana Karenne

Pierrot's attire has always made the perfect costume for a child.

Recreated by many....

lived on in a few..... master mime, the late Marcel Marceau

There are many paintings of Pierrot.  This one is by Cezanne.  Here is Pierrot with the clown who stole Columbine from him, Harlequin. 

Another painting of Pierrot, by Antoine Watteau: Pierrot and Four Other Characters of the Commedia dell'arte, c. 1718. Musée du Louvre, Paris.

"For Pierrrot loved the long white road,
And Pierrot loved the moon,
And Pierrot loved a star-filled sky,
And the breath of a rose in June".

Happy Valentine's Day!

It's been too long .... away from my Gilded Palm.  But, I'm back and ready to blog again after a furious three months of holiday celebrations, visitors, parties and well, life in general.  

Happy Valentine's Day, Everyone!

Oh!  To be in Paris on Valentine's Day!

The Lover's Locks on a Parisian bridge (my husband's photo from our trip to Paris last October)

Some photos and GIF clips are not mine but used from Tumblr or Pinterest.  Please contact me if you would like the original source.