"None of you know what you're looking at!" A very good string of laughs (at ourselves.)
On Saturday, September 27, 2014 8:18:54 AM UTC-4, archytas wrote: > > Whisking produces material for quantum thought and experiment. Mayonnaise > and how it sticks together lead to ideas the vacuum is not 'empty'. We > seem to have some brain function that purposively disrupts memory and the > familiar for the imagination. In thinking of the future, one might think of > such in which what is currently human only part of a fossil record and > memories, not of intergalactic jet-set humans strutting soap opera in new > technology. There is something of this in your piece and its presentation > that suggests more than the copying of conceptual,opinion in 'art talk' and > shifts to the disruptive. > > This said, my favourite 'art film' was Tony Hancock's 'The Rebel'. > > On Friday, 26 September 2014 03:51:08 UTC+1, facilitator wrote: >> >> Actually the "Egg Whisk" is the most common description I have heard. >> The second one is a light bulb. I suppose if both are applied to the mind >> it could flip either way. Not offended in the least. In fact, I look at >> most art and say to myself "What the hell?" >> >> The title of the piece is: "T'was Not The Question Asked, But The Answer >> That Was Given" >> >> The Encryption: *"Whattnemtnetnocisnraeltheotmeaningsiofrewsnalifeeht"* >> This is engraved into the metal. I wanted people to think about what it >> was they were looking at and also to challenge the mind beyond the first >> impression. >> >> Here is how it is deciphered. The first word is "What", then you >> proceed until you can form another word all the way to the end. Then go in >> reverse and form words without using any of the previous letters. I am >> amazed at how some people figure it out quickly. At an art show recently I >> had a man in a wheelchair look at it and say to me "OK what does it say"? >> I replied that it must be figured out, I don't give it away. He didn't >> attempt it but was extremely disappointed. >> >> The copper and brass wires represent a communication of sorts between the >> seeker and the one who gives the answer. The answer is being given while >> the question is being asked. >> >>> >>> >>> >>>> On Wednesday, September 24, 2014 5:14:13 AM UTC-4, andrew vecsey wrote: >>>>> >>>>> I like your sculptures facilitator. You said that you put encryptions >>>>> or quotations on some of them. Why don`t you include pictures of the >>>>> sculptures along with the quotations of wise men that you would like to >>>>> discuss? >>>>> How does your sculpture for "Beauty is not in the eye of the beholder >>>>> but in the eye of the imaginative" look like? >>>>> And what about the sculpture for your quote on "fame"? >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
