Saturday, September 09, 2006

Wishful Thinking/Old Man Describing an Umbrella



The first title is mine, the second is from the title generator suggested by commentator Sharkrey. I'd seen these for band names, didn't know they existed for artworks too. Thanks Sharkrey.

One theory I have about beauty in the arts is that it's a sensory overreaction. What would that be? Well, we are used to tuning out noise and mistakes to a certain degree. Our senses are compensatory mechanisms. But when the art comes, our senses which were all ready to spring into action fixing up things suddenly find themselves with nothing to do. The art is pure in some way our senses didn't expect. So they react like pulling at a tug-o-war when the other side lets go. There's surprise, overbalance, sometimes a knock out.

1 Comments:

Blogger Philip said...

Hi John, I think your write-ups are better than mine! Enjoyed the Bryannan page too. :-)

9/12/2006 8:09 AM

 

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