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 12/20/2013 04:41:29 AM · #26
Originally posted by tnun:
certainly there are many here who touch a vital nerve, but in the attempt to discover why and how, it is a body of work that I find easier to address, and John's tends to explore a certain spectrum, whatever it is, whether loss or grief or regret. I tend to think of it as a refusal to deny those feelings with which our society is most uncomfortable, as a solidarity with history, almost a testament to the apparently drab and ordinary, which I find immensely reassuring.

A beautiful tribute. No words of mine could express my own feelings better than these. Thank you.
 12/20/2013 08:25:50 AM · #27
"Art, all art, is merely an expression of something." {Woody Allen]
 12/20/2013 08:39:47 AM · #28
Originally posted by tnun:
certainly there are many here who touch a vital nerve, but in the attempt to discover why and how, it is a body of work that I find easier to address, and John's tends to explore a certain spectrum, whatever it is, whether loss or grief or regret. I tend to think of it as a refusal to deny those feelings with which our society is most uncomfortable, as a solidarity with history, almost a testament to the apparently drab and ordinary, which I find immensely reassuring.


"A testament to the apparently drab and ordinary" oh to see the wonder in everyday banality, a truly fine and artistic quest if ever there was one, it's hard enough staying present enough to see it, to be able to capture it like some do here, now that must be wonderful.
 12/20/2013 01:37:09 PM · #29
Originally posted by jagar:
Originally posted by tnun:
certainly there are many here who touch a vital nerve, but in the attempt to discover why and how, it is a body of work that I find easier to address, and John's tends to explore a certain spectrum, whatever it is, whether loss or grief or regret. I tend to think of it as a refusal to deny those feelings with which our society is most uncomfortable, as a solidarity with history, almost a testament to the apparently drab and ordinary, which I find immensely reassuring.


"A testament to the apparently drab and ordinary" oh to see the wonder in everyday banality, a truly fine and artistic quest if ever there was one, it's hard enough staying present enough to see it, to be able to capture it like some do here, now that must be wonderful.


John, you capture it as good as anyone.
 12/21/2013 09:35:25 AM · #30
Art is nothing but what you think and how you portrait it:) It is the most hard job to bring mind into reality:)
 12/21/2013 11:14:18 AM · #31
Art is everything we do, from a mathematical equation to a manhole cover, from the atomic bomb to the artificial heart. Every form of human expression says "I am here!" It's the human spirit. It wants to explore, understand, & leave a mark. The human spirit recognizes the uncertainty of the future & responds with curiosity, energy, humor, fear, & courage. We can't avoid art. Art is. Art often results in artworks & artifacts. What remains after centuries, the artifacts that have survived over time, are still here because one generation of people after the next found a reason to keep them around, or at least couldn't figure out how to get rid of them. If even one the artifacts of your art is to last for centuries after your death, it has to speak to people you know nothing about. And it has to be durable.

Art is everything. After that, it's just semantics.
 12/21/2013 11:17:28 AM · #32
Time to repeat Piet Hein again:

There is one art,
no more, no less:
to do all things
with artlessness.
 12/21/2013 12:08:43 PM · #33
Alternated
Reality
Things
 12/21/2013 01:02:54 PM · #34
The wheels on the bus
go round
and
round
 12/21/2013 01:08:13 PM · #35
Originally posted by tanguera:
The wheels on the bus
go round
and
round

But the danged bus
still can't
leave the ground!
 12/25/2013 02:56:07 PM · #36
To quote Si.. there's no money in it.
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