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SO this stood out to me today not classic art but definable graphic art fab. speaking to me of war and what it looks like with dark whims of rabbits. It's Easter colors mixed with the horror of war. Not sure why this is sticking out to me today must be the pending doom I am feeling about joining the gym. Yep I am dramatic enough to go there think of the suits as treadmills the bullets the judgment coming your way, carnage of human souls lost to the fight for health and your with me. No idea who drew it but bravo!

To a stranger

 I realized I was forgetting  a huge part of beauty today the beauty of words to make us think. I found this so moving today I had to share it with you.

To A STRANGER
by: Walt Whitman (1819-1892)

PASSING stranger! you do not know how longingly I look upon you,



You must be he I was seeking, or she I was seeking, (it comes to me as of a dream,)

I have somewhere surely lived a life of joy with you,

All is recall'd as we flit by each other, fluid, affectionate, chaste, matured,

You grew up with me, were a boy with me or a girl with me,

I ate with you and slept with you, your body has become not yours only nor left my body mine only,

You give me the pleasure of your eyes, face, flesh, as we pass, you take of my beard, breast, hands, in return,

I am not to speak to you, I am to think of you when I sit alone or wake at night alone,

I am to wait, I do not doubt I am to meet you again,



I am to see to it that I do not lose you.

fish head revenge untill I know the real name.

I am so excited I found a friend of mines art on line so I am going to share it with you!! Lucy you he is a fantastic artist, really! His name is Riley Johnson he live here in WI I should have asked him the name of this piece but I like to think it is called fish head revenge, probably not but it should be. So when he tells me the name I shale add it hear enjoy if you can I know it is a bad pic maybe I will ask for a better one of it and put it below! SO this is made with colored pencils and mat board "mixed media.

That's a thing!

OMG I just found the coolest thing ever Rubik's cube art this one took 4000 to build and a freaking amazing artist that I can not link a name to so forgive god of the Rubik's I will credit you when I know who you are.Thi sis freaking amazing I could never ever do the real one with out moving the stickers (come on you know you did it too) and then my sister would get so mad at me. but this is a stroke of genius! The 80's have just been made more awesome and not in an Ironic way.

Whaam!

TOday felt like a pop art day so I am posting Whaam! by Roy Lichenstein. I think comic book or graphic novel art os so over looked I love that this is in The Tate Museum.

It certainly does not leave much to the imagination for observation but it does evoke a childhood memory of reading comics in the summer. I love the power of art for that it will many so many different things to so many people but it evokes strong feelings or memories.

Unusual Atlas

I could not find the name of the artist of these pieces but they really inspired me today. Take some time to soak it in.

                                        I love that he took the content and made such a beautiful picture of it. it reminds me of Africa the fierce people the pride of culture and I can see the pain in her face too. nothing speaks to me about Africa like the women do. So much power and lack of personal owner ship . I know my husband met many wonderful people there. I think their songs still call him back. It is hard to represent a who number of countries diverse as Africa is with one person. I am not sure that is what the artist was trying to do but I do love how the face seems to belong to the land some how.

more of these can be found at  http://forum.xcitefun.net/unusual-atlas-artistic-way-to-map-the-world-t43166.html

Power cloud #62

This painting is called Power cloud #62 by Pracha Yindee. I choose this one because it stood out to me today.

my thoughts on this one are like fire in the night the bodies of the dark figures in the orange burn in the suprise sweep up of the burst of flame that ravages through the night with swift and deadly force as it consumes it self leaving the darkness darker than it was before.

VOTE

I am from WI I would be remiss if I did not do something today about voting since we are having our first recall vote in our state ever today. I have a strong opinion about that but am not going to share it here but I am awed by the process of voting today, and it is not just because I got a standing ovation and a drum roll from the poll workers for being number 1000 in my district but that was outstanding. The idea of the peoples voice made this piece stand out to me. it is not a famous artist but a group of teenagers that made it. I love that it is all it is supposed to be no taint of corruption no jaded views on the world yet just what voting should be
http://www.kidsvotingguilford.org/downloads/2011ArtContestWinners.pdf

MAke way for the ducklings.

I love sculptures like this so tangible so whimsical. This one is located in Boston and was made by Nancy Schon it is called "Make way for the Ducklings" This to me is adorable and possibly a tripping risk. I love the idea though of little sculptures like this around a park. Bring art to real life involves children and the imagination. what do you think about it?

What an artist and what a subject!

I normally do not look much at the artist or the things about the art I post before I write about it but I was so struck by this statue and the realization that there are too few representations like it when the books of bravery and outstanding acts of African American people is large and long. I was reading about the artist and admire both his skill and his life's work goals I hope you find Gabriel Koren from Hungary as interesting as I have in learning about him. This statue is Prudence Crandall with student.

Normally I would write here what is see in this piece but I will mix in what I know about this as I go. I kept finding this on a kids page then I found out why Children lobbied to have it made sent in pennies to collect for it. Prudence was a remarkable women and I would be dishonoring to her name and legacy if I did not just tell her story here. She was a Quaker school teacher that admitted a black girl into her class room in 1832, a revolutionary act. This act lead to the community removing their white children from the school. So she closed the teaching school and reopened and offered the classes to 20 African American girls from up and down the eastern shore of the us. the opposition was great a year after this a law was passed prohibiting schooling black children from out side the state with out the towns permitting it: this law was called the black law. She continued to teach the girls and was arrested and put on trial. With one judgment against the the school took it all the way to the supreme court and won!  With this the towns people grew angry vandalized the school and finally burned the school down 1834 forcing her to close. Connecticut repealed the law 4 years later. With the support of Mark Twain she was recognized and provided money monthly and her school still stands.

Jenny Wehrt

            I was looking through some pop art because I love it so bold and provocative at times. I came across this image and had to share it. this is Jenny Wehrt, the name of the piece is  The Pleasure Machine.

I have immediate reactions to this it sends me off on a tangent of angry feminist rants that rage from soap boxes and denounce the objectifying of women and the adage about you can be anything sexuality is not all you are. Then it went to the being wound up part and played like a toy and that pissed me off too. Then I fell in love with this because that was what I think it is supposed to do real art brings real emotion makes you think promotes thought and change.

Expansion

I started this as a way to gain beauty in my life everyday mainly the by product being I could look back at this and enjoy the road it took me on and making art real to my self and other not so intimidating. Well I started good then started judging my self feeling stupid for what i saw or thought as I looked  or how the real art people would be judging me. It intimidated me into not writing for a while. That intimidation was what I started this about I love art all art even bad art because it is an expanded of our soul those art people that make it so out of reach make the rest of us loose out on expanded vision. SO I dedicate my self to bring art to real life.

Leonid Afremov

I found this painting by Leonid Afremov he is an Israeli oil painter. It just stood out to me I could not find another name for it other than #6 So take time to take this in with me. 

I love the vibrancy of the colors and movement it seems to bring you can see some of the quick steps of some of the people walking while the couple strolls along window shopping after a dinner date there is so much life and joy in the way this is painted  the reflection of the puddles adds so much. It feels to me like a busy pedestrian walk way when it is better weather while a few people are taking advantage of the bad weather for less crowds some are there because they have some where to go and have had no choice in the matter.  I think this place in the afternoon would be filled with shoppers and ladies lunching and business people rushing from meeting to meeting. a place where community is built and friendship are started and life it self is lived. 

What do you see?

art people over look.

I wanted to something on a modern art I think people over look and belittle a bit. So I choose a piece from German artist Harry Guenert. I find these types of painting fascinating and hate that people underestimate them or choose them because they match their couch or think they could do. So take some time and take this in.

I love the seaming simplicity of this while the complected textures really make it beautiful. it feels very peaceful and old like a favorite pair of shoes or a rusty old car. That worn in comfort that feels like home. Almost like an old sleeping bag you have had for years. I love the randomness of the pattern and natural feel to it. It is weird the depth that appears to live there in such an uncomplicated image. With the limited color there is so much color actually there.

So this is what I took in what did you?

Daim, Temper

So I thought I would go a different direction today and do a edgier art piece. By 3D artist Diaim, Temper. Take the time to look at this let it move you. 

This brings to mind a terminator view of tec for me. If you build it they will take over and destroy us. Middle of the cyber Apocalypse view. The vibrant colors and life with it's patterns being disrupted and torn up even eaten not sure how they would eat it or why be they are. I am fairly sure a Rumba is not going to take over but I can assure you Lucy my dog does not share those feelings. I feel like I want to name this thing popping through Zolan the vacumenater or something I may watch too much Sci-fy. I find my self building a back story in my head for it. this is all I can think of while I look at this the feelings it give me is to take action some how it provokes a fighting spirit in me. 


So what does this say to you?

Bond

Ok so I am finding out I love Dutch artists and design more than I knew i keep finding pictures and designers I like and they are all dutch who knew. ok so put on your wooden shoes and join me for the first Graphic artist ever M. C. Escher. I love most of his pics I know this is starting to look like a collage dorm collection but stick with me. These are fascinating pieces not just for stoners any more. This is called Bond on union

This is so amazing I have a hard time making finished things look like they are what they are and he takes a face and draws it as strips and pulls it off awesome. like a apple peal in a bubble tea. I love that the couple in one peal and interconnected around the temple like they have so much unity they linked. I like bubbles floating around  it just feels so peaceful and calming. Ok so it has taken a S&M turn in my head so I am going to stop writing now.

Pearl earring

I have been drawn by this painting for years I love the dutch painter with light and dark play of light. This one is interesting they made a movie about it. I have not wanted to see it for fear of it wrecking the painting for me but I wanted people to look at the real deal and let it touch them. So here it is Girl with the Pearl Earring by Vermeer.

I love the colors used the yellow blue and just a tint of red in the lips. the hints of white on the dark back ground. I am not sure of the look she is giving what it is saying it looks almost fearful but with peace in the face seems so out of place. the eyes and the pearl both glow. her eyes look of innocents but weariness too. Not so much to harden her. She seems so young to have even as much jading as it looks to me that I see more and more as I look. I do not see a fire of independence more of submitting in her face.

One of my favorite artists

SO I figured It is my choice of what I get to put here so I am putting one of my favorite artists Rene Magritte I have always love surrealism it has such whimsy to it his pictures of the very proper man with the apple for a face have been one I look for often. For this I choose his painting Apple couple. Hope you like it as much as I do.

 I love the whimsy of this. I love that it could be a normal fruit painting but it conveys so much more I think it speaks to me of relationships as people we put our best forward hiding the parts we do not like but like the browned edges of the leaves it shows any way. It is like every facebook couple I see smiling away from profile after profile. I love how out of place and over sized they are. the moon out showing through the clouds on a sunny day. The feeling of it being ok and not all at the same time perfectly normal and abnormal too. It reminds me not to take life so serious and to be silly once in a while. I am sure it has deeper meanings but this is what it says to me.

What does it say to you?

Bursting

This is a peice I found in art gallery in New York well on their sight. I Know I am not an art critic this caught my eye and I wanted t take some time to take it in and share it with you. I really believe art is for people if they do not feel or feel like they can it is a waist. I hope you enjoy this and that I have something to share about what took in and that you do as well share what you feel about this with me and others.

Listen to Living

Roberto Matta (Chilean, 1911-2002)

The first impression I get is about destruction and life with just the colors and shapes the volcano looking thing erupting with the life below but as I looked longer I stopped focusing so much on the face image I saw in the blue "smoke" in you will from the eruption trying to look at just the colors I love the light and dark in this the vibrating with the void of the black. The 'lava" I first saw became more person like like bursting forth in celebration and the volcano more like legs like a mother giving birth. I found objects in the warp of the painting I think this is a painting about the environment and the flow of life destruction and birth. It is brilliancy bring both into the same image this way. the flowers and animals as much of it as the people images.

What did you see?

Taking me back.

This is an image from Paul wright's painting It just popped out to me when looking for what I was going to look at for today. Take at least 10 min and let it affect you. it is so hard in our days to do that we are so used to flipping through pictures so fast making quick judgments about them we miss the effect that one piece can have on us.

I see so much dignity in these faces they remind me of my own grand parents the loss of life drips off of them but the vibrant people they are shines through even if life has worn them down. this makes me want to cry at the hardness of life and the beauty of it too. the strength she holds and the kindness of his heart lives in his eyes. they are in love with the closeness of how they sit but it is a tempestuous thing for them. This may be just me putting my grandparents in this with their nick names for each other being you old crow said with such playful affection. The is so much sadness dripping from their eyes. Her hands seem more wringing now than closed off. I am over whelmed with the desire to want to know them they seem like they have so much to say stories I need to know of life and loss. the way this is painted brings so much life to it so much of what I think is in side the people bursting out. It makes me long for my grand parents all sides everyone, but they are all gone now. I wish I knew them more as people not as a child sees an adult but really know who they are. To see them as individuals not just mom dad or grandma and grandfather. This seems briming with longing for me.

What does this say to you? Please share with me.

This is the sight I got this off of please if you enjoyed this visit and enjoy more of his work. http://www.escapeintolife.com/painting/paul-wright/

Winged Victory of Samothrace

I want to look at this image of this sculpture and divorce it from the faces and thing you might now about it and just take in what you see here let it talk to you what does it make you feel what is the artist saying with in this sculpture. what questions does it bring to mind. this is not for the arterati who can  speak about meaning of this swoop here and meaning of that movement there mean bla bla bla. This is about art real art affects people it sticks you in side and brings forth something anything really no wrong answer it is just what it says to you. At least 10 min and just look at it without trying to come up with any thing then take the next 10 to write down your thoughts on it. 

This is what I felt in looking at this work without knowing the history of it, it wrecked it when I did but this is how I saw it.

                                                     "Where is the head? How old is this thing? If the arms are wings what would the head have been? Did they break it or find it broken? OK OK hypocrite start just feeling flight freedom grace. wait it doesn't have a foot either would the foot have been a foot or a claw oh maybe a cheetah foot.... or would the bird thing have continued talons to rip you to shreds.  SO how old is this they just had reality then no photoshop or anything how does one go from reality to wing arms with just the imagination this was pretoilet how does one do that? ok ok focus breath it in let it feed your soul. boldness anticipation mystery in direction with the leg covered like that. strength beauty This had to be made by a man the female form is beautiful but this had to be made by a man. ripped dress to show the navel just like the graphic novels this could be the birth of those pictures. Great now I am seeing this artist as the comic book guy from the Simpsons. This is kindda prof that the geek crowd has been a while for a long time for all time this is super old. The birth of summer block buster is right here battle star Galactica birthed in this stone. Oh great now I actually have to write that if I am going to be honest about what I thought and felt about this as I looked at it wonderful. Stop it stop it just look take it in . moving forward this looks like uncertain with the wind only storms blow wind like that. This makes me feel courageous like braving a new direction with boldness."


SO then I looked it up and found out it was in fact an image of Nike goddess of victory riding a ship she was made in Greece around 190 BC she was riding on a ship (in my defense was not in the picture I studied.).  The original is in the Louver in France, the picture I studied for my impressions was on their web sight. So good or bad this is what I felt thought and saw what did you feel think and see?