tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7083730.post112412082614398834..comments2023-06-02T17:54:44.641+02:00Comments on Connaissances: Behind the TapestryJonathan Wonhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09862200571016427320noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7083730.post-1124311853923338302005-08-17T22:50:00.000+02:002005-08-17T22:50:00.000+02:00Thanks for your comment Deepa. I had a read of som...Thanks for your comment Deepa. I had a read of some of Ella's poems and I quite like some of the things I read, such as 'The Age of Motored Things'.<BR/><BR/>This poem dreams that advances in technology will bring a better world, which indeed it has, for some. This poem was published in 1911 which I think was an age of optimism in technological advances.<BR/><BR/>The poem also suggests that the modern world will bring the real world closer to the 'unseen world'. Perhaps she thought people would have more time for the spritual side of their lives. This is not so clearly the case. It is my feeling that the advances of modernity have taken people away from nature, made them afraid of it to some extent.<BR/><BR/>All the bestJonathan Wonhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09862200571016427320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7083730.post-1124289028714232162005-08-17T16:30:00.000+02:002005-08-17T16:30:00.000+02:00fossils... interesting. i have always been very cu...fossils... interesting. i have always been very curious about cave paintings, the oldest footprints. there was a time when i wanted to be an archeologist until i learnt i had to go through some more years of physics which all went way over my head!<BR/>speaking of poetry, have you heard of the poet ella wheeler wilcox? mean to write about her in my blog one of these days. hardly anyone has heard of her. she wrote poems that common people could understand, you know what i mean?Deepa Bhasthihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17189562311583907803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7083730.post-1124234618280009432005-08-17T01:23:00.000+02:002005-08-17T01:23:00.000+02:00'If the artists work is as neat as the scientist, ...'If the artists work is as neat as the scientist, I would argue, then that would not be art. '<BR/><BR/>This I totally agree with. I will admit that science was a very weak suybject for me. sorry. heheeAndreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16551607753054004591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7083730.post-1124213482282544442005-08-16T19:31:00.000+02:002005-08-16T19:31:00.000+02:00Andrea, first, well done for reading this twice! I...Andrea, first, well done for reading this twice! It's quite long I know.<BR/><BR/>Actually, I do see both points of view. I see the beauty in geological patterns just like anyone else. One cannot say, because he is a geologist he doesn't see the beauty of it. That's a false argument.<BR/><BR/>I believe that most geologists see the beauty of what they study, what they lack are the thinking processes to turn that beauty into what we understand as art.<BR/><BR/>The point I wanted to make with this article, is that it is somehow 'lazy' for an artist to 'see' the trace fossils through scientific eyes, and at the same time appear to criticise the scientist.<BR/><BR/>My point about the Chinese using trace fossils as the basis for a new calligraphic language is that they are not really concerned about the origin of the traces, but rather, their beauty.<BR/><BR/>They want their langauge to be beautiful and so they draw inspiration from something natural in the earth. You could say they respect the beauty of nature and want to be at one with the earth.<BR/><BR/>I'm not saying that the origin of the traces is not important to the artist, but somehow the artist has to take it upon himself or herself to work behind the tapestry, with all the loose threads hanging out. If the artists work is as neat as the scientist, I would argue, then that would not be art. <BR/><BR/>Thanks for your comment.Jonathan Wonhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09862200571016427320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7083730.post-1124196561275741942005-08-16T14:49:00.000+02:002005-08-16T14:49:00.000+02:00Hmm I had to read this twice to get the gist of it...Hmm I had to read this twice to get the gist of it. The interesting thing is that when you look at 'fossils' you seem to obviously be looking at it from a geologist point of view. I look at most fossils and am awed by their strangly artistic beauty. hmmmAndreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16551607753054004591noreply@blogger.com