ecstatic star pantomime

“I want to be a living work of art.” - Marchesa Luisa Casati

“But her alchemy was much more complex, producing many other marvels. By what fire did she transmute the substance of her life into the beauties of such moving power? She demonstrated how true it is that all enchantment is a madness induced with art. But what was the real essence of this creature? Was she aware of her continuous metamorphosis, or was she impenetrable to herself, excluded from her own mystery?”
– Gabriele D’Annunzio