Surviving Picasso and Surviving
By Samuel Gillis Have you viewed the movie about Pablo Picasso? Director: James Ivory Writers: Arianna Huffington (book) (as Arianna Stassinopoulos Huffington) , Ruth Prawer Jhabvala (screenplay) Stars: Anthony Hopkins , Natascha McElhone , Julianne Moore The passionate Merchant-Ivory drama tells the story of Francoise Gilot, the only lover of Pablo Picasso who was strong enough to withstand his ferocious cruelty and move on with her life. More information can be found at: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117791/ Made September 20 th 1996 Image provided by: http://www.wikiart.org/en/pablo-picasso/woman-with-book-1932 It was a dark time for me as an artist in 1996. Thinking my creative life was over, not wanting to continue and loss of any hope for any real existence was unlikely. Then not expected I cleansed my system of alcohol and drugs, this alone was a miracle and a great success for me inner being. The abuse to my mind, bo...