Picasso is always so amazing. Recently someone (from New Jersey no less) walked into a gallery in San Francisco, removed a drawing by Picasso, walked out to a waiting cab and disappeared. However a camera at a bar next door caught his picture and he was arrested shortly thereafter. Anyway, the drawing, "Head Of A Woman" I think it was called flashed on the TV for a few seconds. I was instantly struck as I always am by the perfect balance and composition of Picasso's work.
--- In [email protected], "authfriend" <jstein@...> wrote: > > I find it disconcerting, to say the least, to think that > in a genuine Age of Enlightenment a very large portion > of the human heritage of art of all types would no longer > have any appeal because the theme of so much of it is > surmounting (or succumbing to) struggle. Goodbye > Shakespeare, goodbye Wagner, goodbye Van Gogh, goodbye > Homer, goodbye Hemingway, goodbye Swan Lake, goodbye > Rachmaninoff, goodbye Picasso... > > --- In [email protected], "Ravi Yogi" <raviyogi@> wrote: > > > > An excellent point Jim, I don't read any fiction either, in fact no > > books at all for a long time now - though I occasionally watch movies on > > cable, mostly comedy or romance, but I totally agree on your observation > > here. > > I find most fiction involves an unhappy or imperfect situation, either > > personal or social, and a lack of fulfillment of the characters until > > the external situation is resolved which I find highly unpalatable and > > quite silly. Unless I was a Curtis, Turq, MZ or even Bob who I'm sure > > love fiction for the sake of fiction, because its their forte, hobby > > and/or a strong like. I'm sure I would have no problem reading a book on > > astrology, ayurveda and any other interesting topic that I like. > > --- In [email protected], "whynotnow7" <whynotnow7@> > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > Then I reached a point where I saw that for me, certain assumptions > > needed to be made about reality in order to appreciate > > > fiction. Since I could no longer make such assumptions, I stopped > > reading fiction. > > > > > >
