Come to think of it I too have had lots of put downs because of my dark colors in water color painting AND if asked,,, my favorite color is black. haha A Native American man told me that I was unusual because I could see through a rainbow. That is because of my great grand daughter Sakura
You sound like your wonderful self. Stay well. LaV --- Guido Vermeulen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Lavona, > > As a painter I've used all colors together and as > much as possible in all > kind of combinations. Often I've been attacked "in > my own culture" that my > choice of colors were "too vivid" , "too eclectic", > "too much" etcetera. > > This is good for Latino painters or East Asia ones > but not for Belgians, > hey? > Very funny how they try to reduce the colors in > painting under the pretext > of "harmony". The use of colors becomes a doctrine, > a set of rules to > follow and if you refuse to play by their set of > rules you're not allowed > to the happy few of "real painters" (exclusion again > thru' the personal > choice or use of colors) > > You know my provocative nature a bit. On the > question what are your > favorite colors I have often replied "black and > white". > Shocking people to the bone because > 1. Black and white are not considered as real colors > by a kind of > establishment who only show their superiority in > stupidity in a way > 2. White is the result of fusion of all colors, > every teenager who studied > science knows this > 3. B & W are the great expressive colors of all > graphics > 4. B & W are the great expressive colors of ancient > movies (and I don't see > the same kind of expressionism in the colored > movies, a few exceptions > exist of course, like Kieslowski) > > > Of course my favorite colors are all the colors of > the rainbow dear and > beyond that, even the ones we can't see. > The great quality of modern printing machines is > that they can focus and > distinguish between "millions" of color shades and > gradations and we are > asked to isolate one or a few ones as "favorite"?! > > Come on, this is a request for mutilation and for > self mutilation. > > Next time someone asks us for a "favorite list of > anything" we burn the > call to cleanse ourselves of that garbage thinking. > Hey, I'm back to the garbage, okay, let me see what > I can find of myself in > the trash bin. Is your mail box enough for the trash > of a Brussels' sprout? > > Postal Greetings, > > Guido "thousand and one shades" Vermeulen > http://groups.msn.com/POPOPEINT/guidovermeulenartiste.msnw > > Memorial BLOG > http://shadowtributes.blogspot.com > > BLOG on artist books and small print publications > http://boklist.blogspot.com > > FRIOUR zine blog(s): > http://Friour1.blogspot.com > > A BLOG ON MY LIFE IN BRUSSELS > http://brusselsesjoekes.blogspot.com > > > > > " If everyone demanded peace instead of another > television set, then > there'd be peace." > > - John Lennon - > > > > > -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- > Van: LaVona Sherarts > [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Verzonden: zondag 2 april 2006 16:02 > Aan: [email protected] > Onderwerp: RE: (",) favorite color > > Oh Guido, yes, you are right. I agree about that and > don't mean to put other peoples' favorites down. Put > yellow near my face and I look to a casket. Put red > near my face and you think I am going to dance. > It is my opinion of course, and you might disagree. > No > problem, sweetie, I like yellow,. > I my family I now have all the colors of the world. > Sakura is the name of my great grand daughter who > carries all. > Is this another mailart project comin" up? LaV > > --- Guido Vermeulen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > This is an interesting side debate. > > Favorite things = self damaging, well yes because > it > > is damaging > > altogother. > > When you say this is my favorite you exclude all > > others, meaning you put > > others down for a so called favorite which is > often > > dictated by fashion or > > "the culture of the moment in your own soicety or > > environment". > > A quote of a Flemish poet I saw recently in the > > Brussels Center for Fine > > Arts (where I work in the evenings as a second > job): > > "admiration and favoritism are the blindfolds for > > people who are able to > > see" > > This in a way is more or less also that what Guido > > B. says. > > The damaging of excluding leads to self damaging, > to > > a reduction of > > personal vision, heart and soul. > > Everything is connected, when you hurt someone, > you > > hurt yourself. > > > > I was 16 or 17 and I read a book by a contemporary > > author (Willy > > Spillebeen) and had the chance to meet him with a > > group of students. > > His book starts also with "the dangers of > > favoritism". > > He used the example or the metaphor of a group of > > young kittens that are > > born. What to do with them? > > Well, what are the most pretty kittens? (your > > favorites) > > They stayed alive, the others were killed without > > remorse. > > This strong image (for a teenager anyway) lead me > to > > write a poem and to > > have a very suspiscious attitude to all kind of > hit > > parades or lists like > > "give me your favorite color, author, book, music > > piece, femail or male > > person" and so on. > > How can we always narrow us down so much? > > We are able to see the beauty of differences in a > > complex world but still > > we tend to isolate a few things and embrace that > as > > "the ones". > > Justice is also blindfolded for a reason, I > guess... > > > > Postal Greetings, > > > > Guido Vermeulen > > > http://groups.msn.com/POPOPEINT/guidovermeulenartiste.msnw > > > > Memorial BLOG > > http://shadowtributes.blogspot.com > > > > BLOG on artist books and small print publications > > http://boklist.blogspot.com > > > > FRIOUR zine blog(s): > > http://Friour1.blogspot.com > > > > A BLOG ON MY LIFE IN BRUSSELS > > http://brusselsesjoekes.blogspot.com > > > > > > > > > > " If everyone demanded peace instead of another > > television set, then > > there'd be peace." > > > > - John Lennon - > > > === message truncated === http://www.picturetrail.com/lavonasherarts __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? 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