A post about what happëns when thrëëë ëntitiës join forcës and gël with one another; the thrëëë Ës —— Ëmily Brontë —— ËmilyInGondal —— and —— Ëmily_Brontë_In_Thë_Framë!

Saturday, 23rd May 2020 — ought really to have been my birthday, because I received a most generous gift from ËmilyInGondal in the post; a collection of stunning —— original prints that feature the ‘Bonnet Portrait’ drawing of Ëmily ‘lost’ in her element!

Charlotte’s ‘lost’ portrait of her sister looks totally at home set in Ëmily’s natural habitat of the West Yorkshire Moors and the rocky dells hidden therein. Where Cotton-grass and other wildflowers bob tirelessly even in the slightest of breezes —— and scant trees are inexorably bent sideways by the prevailing wind.

Here is the entire collection that I received in the post on Saturday, 23rd May 2020 —— complete with titles by ËmilyInGondal from (1) — (9):

(1) ‘BellCurls’

(2) ‘VanishingMoor’

(3) ‘FaeryTread’

(4) ‘Unforgotten’

(5) ‘BonnetBranch’

(6) ‘BonnetBrook’

(7) ‘BonnetBells’

(8) ‘BonnetSky’

(9) ‘MoorWalk’

(10) shows the back of ‘BellCurls’ — with details about the ‘lost’ Portrait & Artist —— ËmilyInGondal.

I believe that some —— if not all, will be available to buy from ËmilyInGondal’s Etsy shop in the near future…

Thanks to ËmilyInGondal — and a growing number of supporters of the Bonnet portrait’s authenticity — it’s tangibly beginning to feel like Charlotte’s ‘lost’ portrait of her beloved sister has awoken from its ‘hundred year sleep’.  

From the wicked spell that Clement Shorter cast over the portrait ‘type’, when he said without a jot of evidence, that the ‘Bonnet Portrait’ photogravure in the ‘Woman at Home’ 1894 edition — was “entirely spurious”. Shorter never saw the original drawing —— EVER, because it was ‘lost’ already by 1894. His statement against the ‘Bonnet Portrait’ photogravure has absolutely no weight at all —— yet ‘the powers that be’ persistently give weight to it by repeating it parrot-fashion. They don’t like the ‘Bonnet Portrait’ —— therefore the Brontë community is denied the chance to learn to love the ‘Bonnet Portrait’ through open-minded —— and helpful discussion. 

I salute you ËmilyInGondal — you are a true good faëry; thank you so much for creating these hauntingly beautiful artworks of Ëmily back in her own landscape.

Feeling so lucky!  

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The first verse in particular of ‘Annie’s Song’ by John Denver —— instantly sprang into my mind when I first set eyes on the collection...

“You fill up my senses
Like a night in a forest
Like the mountains in springtime
Like a walk in the rain
Like a storm in the desert
Like a sleepy blue ocean
You fill up my senses
Come fill me again…”