Monday, January 24, 2011

maudlin monday

Not really. But the word for this week's Every Inchie Monday challenge is maudlin. This has been the most difficult one to conceptualize so far.


From http://wordsmith.org/words/maudlin.html


"After Mary Magdalene, a Biblical character who was a follower of Jesus. In medieval art she was depicted as a penitent weeping for her sins (she washed the feet of Jesus with her tears) and her name became synonymous with tearful sentimentality.
The name Magdalene means "of Magdala" in Greek and is derived after a town on the Sea of Galilee. The name Magdala, in turn, means tower in Aramaic. So here we have a word coined after a person, who was named after a place, which was named after a thing."


This inchie features Titian's painting of Mary Magdalene and a photo of a sign for a place called Maudlin, which I believe is in England. The images were digitally altered, printed out onto paper, and mounted on a paint chip.
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11 comments:

  1. AnonymousJanuary 24, 2011 at 7:33 AM

    Great interpretation and we get to learn something from your post, thanks. xox corrine

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  2. AnonymousJanuary 24, 2011 at 7:43 AM

    How interesting! Thank you for that bit of information about the derivation of the word. A lot went into your little inchie!

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  3. Mary Welsh HubbardJanuary 24, 2011 at 8:25 AM

    I completely learned something new - awesome! :O)

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  4. Threads of InspirationJanuary 24, 2011 at 10:20 AM

    Thanks for the information on the word! I thought this one was pretty challenging, but of course, that is when you learn something new!

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  5. KrisJanuary 24, 2011 at 10:47 AM

    Wow! great inchie and I feel like I learned something ever so important...and maybe something I should have already known. Good work!!

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  6. Crafts a la ModeJanuary 24, 2011 at 2:59 PM

    Thanks for the interpretation of maudlin. Nice job. Linda

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  7. Joanne HuffmanJanuary 24, 2011 at 7:13 PM

    Excellent (and informative) maudlin inchie.

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  8. Lezlei Ann YoungJanuary 24, 2011 at 7:25 PM

    Wow! Informative AND a great inchie! Lezlei

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  9. jackieJanuary 24, 2011 at 7:47 PM

    Great info and great interpretation!

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  10. CathyJanuary 26, 2011 at 4:43 PM

    a wonderful composition, love the way you pulled this together!

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  11. Tangled StitchJanuary 29, 2011 at 11:25 PM

    I can relate to maudlin, very glad I didn't see the prompt!

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