Ramble On: Winter 2024-2025 Edition
Round 2: Fight! Playlist Link: Ramble On Winter 2024-2025 The concept of a guardian angel not wanting to do their job. By all means, eat his heart, but don’t expect to gain any courage from doing so. Loyalty is my biggest kink (and honesty is a close second). Why is it always “ _ _ 7” when it comes to heroes — James Bond, 007. Master Chief, 117. Who is going to be 227? 337? At what point do fictional militaries start looking like they’re putting faith in angel numbers? Quickest to rise is the first to fall…and those who fall the hardest rise the furthest. Bite me. Everything I write is open to (mis)interpretation. Polish pearls on your nose. Appalooooooooooooosa I’m over video games that make you wait around to fly through space forever, just to land on a planet of desolation and dust. Nothing else about these games is realistic, so why aren’t we making more interesting planets. Show me a planet made entirely of Bismuth. Or d...
These all look fabulous. Especially the Nationalgalerie in Berlin, which I wasn't familiar with. Have you been to these?
ReplyDeleteHere's a handy resource I've relied on in the past as well:
https://www.getty.edu/art/collection/
A reflection on art galleries: they're among my favorite places to visit, but do you ever feel a sense of 'masterpiece overstimulation' when visiting a gallery? There have been times when I've spent a full day at one, taking in one breathtaking work of genius after another, until-- at the end of the visit-- I'm overwhelmed by the amount of era-defining mastery I've imbibed. Drunk from the heights of human achievement. In the past, even just seeing a single Rembrandt or Matisse might satisfy for a lifetime-- while I stand surrounded by thousands of such paintings.
Nikos Kazantzakis said, "I once saw a bee drown in honey, and I understood." That's what I feel like inside of art galleries.
I could see that.
DeleteAs for myself, no, I haven’t been to those listed.
And I often find myself wondering whether or not the artist would be happy to have their piece displayed in such a way.
There’s a certain point where art is no longer about the artist or the artist’s intentions, so much as it is about societies' perceptions of it or its political pull.
Sushi has sliced ginger to help cleanse your palette between bites. There isn't really an art museum equivalent to sliced ginger, though…
DeleteAnother neat online art resource I've enjoyed:
https://youtu.be/83ggxS21mFM?si=4JfQgHSLRt9tfC7l
This whole channel has some excellent videos that could get at your question about how these artists may have wanted their art displayed.