I had a phase where I really got into still life paintings. This began when I realized that these mundane objects could have actual meaning attributed to them. I pieced together this paradigm shift from an article I read in Janson, and a plaque I read at a museum. Soon, it changed my whole outlook on art all together.
It took me back to the long walks with my mom through the halls of the De Young/legion of honor and transformed my memories into something more than they had been --something mysterious and scandalous. I don't know much about this still life, but looking at it caused me to remember all that I love about art, and surprise, and the creativity of the human mind.
What is the De Young/legion of honor? It'd also be interesting to have an update on your Chomsky experience, though the fragmentary quality of all of this has its appeal.
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as far as Noam goes...I wasn't totally enraptured by his writing, and I moved on to other things.
But here is a youtube of the man for your enjoyment...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fo8InhwKIIQ
I don't know very much about him, but he doesn't sound like the most enrapturing person.
ReplyDeleteSomehow the beginning and ending sequence of Charlie Rose has always had a strong attraction for me--it feels like the most generic idea possible of "the city at night," something like what you might get from a bar in a Marriott or the view from a very characterless skyscraper.
Charlie Rose is my hero. (one of many.)
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