There are so many ad filled pages of ‘great quotes.’ I was looking for a Denis Diderot quote about ‘kings and priests’ in French, but could not find the words. But I found these wise words:
Monthly Archives: October 2014
A Painting of a Woman that looks like someone I might actually see in everyday life…..
Faces in Line Drawing Land
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I saw a sheet of faces in a councilor’s office. People who could not express themselves with words might point at a picture to say how they felt. Darwin, and many others, have written of the common human faces that are the same in all cultures. A visual tendency that was around before language.
Drawings from the basement…..
I love the last line on the video, “What I am trying to do is to get you to stop trying to figure out ‘what it means.'”
That ‘Boston Globe’ Cover…..
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In the Spring of 1982 I went to this protest with Lisa. She is at the center of the photo. The next day at work in a print plant the son of the boss came up to me and pointed out my picture on the front of the Boston Globe’s ‘metro’ section. Thirty three years later I go through thirty three photo shop filters. Plus ca change?
A classroom portrait
Trilby – George Du Maurier
I read of the story ‘Trilby’ long ago. I had become acquainted with the ‘Svengali’ effect some evil actors could have on people through examples in popular culture. So I sought out this ‘lost’ classic that featured a vision of ‘artistic’ bohemian life and romantic longings for a girl with a beautiful voice who seemed hypnotized. Once this romantic novel was more popular that Dracula, a work from the same time. What did millions once find in this story?
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