ENTERTAINMENTTurning dreams into art
February 1, 2006
Dreams served as the inspiration for several pieces created by Martin Mondrus of Don Quixote and Cyrano De Bergerac. “They are both kind of dreamers, romanticizing women and yet there is something wonderful about them,” Mondrus said. “Cyrano is more virile and Don is an old fool, but he goes into the hills looking for adventure and beauty, trying to bring great things to the woman of his choice, a woman he created in his mind.”
This is one our favorite Martin Mondrus paintings. The conversation:
“What giants?” said Sancho Panza.
“Those you see there,” answered his master, “with the long arms, and some have them nearly two leagues long.”
“Look, your worship,” said Sancho. “What we see there are not giants but windmills, and what seem to be their arms are the vanes that turn by the wind and make the millstone go.”
“It is easy to see,” replied Don Quixote, “that you are not used to this business of adventures.”