Today I’m debuting a new category on themodernista: artbeat. This category will be for discussing art, reviewing art,  looking at artist’s bios, and occasionally debuting my own work, when I feel I’ve done something worthwhile. Today’s feature is Hylas and the Nymphs by John William Waterhouse. I’ve loved this work ever since I was a child and stumbled upon it in a Greek mythology encyclopedia. Years later, while I was at college, there was a little vendor at the student union selling prints, and I managed to pick up a copy. It’s small, but beautifully matted and framed, and currently on display in my living room. All of Waterhouse’s works have this beautiful, dreamy quality; to me his work is visual poetry. If you’re not familiar with his work, I highly suggest you check it out and then come back and let me know what you think.