Realising we don't know what we are looking at would be the point in a mad world of deception.
On Saturday, 27 September 2014 21:01:53 UTC+1, Molly wrote: > > Wonder if Tony Hancock felt confirmed in the end, still striving to find > Aphrodite at the water hole on the horizontal. What fun. > > On Saturday, September 27, 2014 11:30:52 AM UTC-4, Gabby wrote: >> >> Do we not? I don't know. Comic relief is the max you can achieve under >> the given title, I find myself confirmed. >> >> Am Samstag, 27. September 2014 schrieb Molly : >> >>> "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 a topic in the >>> Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this topic, visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/topic/minds-eye/JaQa8KNDeo0/unsubscribe. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to >>> [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> -- --- 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.
