"the voice of your eyes is deeper than all roses / nobody,not even the rain,has such small hands"

[larryhammer]

It is easy to do so, but please do not confuse Lawrence Alma-Tadema with Laurence Alma-Tadema. The former is the painter (birth name: Lourens) and the latter is the poet (birth name: Laurense).

Note that they are indeed related, being father and daughter. The names changed when the family moved from Belgium to England.



Painting of Laurence (behind her sister Anna) by Lawrence.

This public service announcement is brought to you by me (birth name: Laurence) finally figuring this out ...

---L.

Subject quote from "somewhere i have never travelled,gladly beyond," E.E. Cummings.

Comments

[sovay]

Note that they are indeed related, being father and daughter.

That's completely unreasonable.

[larryhammer]

I'm perfectly willing to accept Laurence as a female personal name -- say, as a variation on Laura, possibly even spelled Laurance -- but I kinda want some warning beforehand.

Or maybe that's just me being proprietary.

[sovay]

Or maybe that's just me being proprietary.

I just can't believe they both changed their names to be harder to tell apart.

[thistleingrey]

Yes, me too! Heh. On the other hand, genius.

[larryhammer]

LOL