Khaled,
That's what I like about the antique road show,
too. This clay pot is sitting on a table, and by the
end of the appraisers discussion I was able to see all
the details that went into the pot being, not just
made, but into the hands of the current owner. I like
the cultural set-up in describing the period the
artwork was made, sometimes the artwork was an
innocent little tea pot that ended up in a historical
figures household or a painting by an amateur that
painted his or her daughter long ago and the this
painting, in time, becomes a peek into what is called
the ordinary life of the ordinary person sometime long
ago. The stories are wonderful.
SA
Khaled:
> One of my favorite shows is the antique road show,
> where an appraiser
> tries to deconstruct an item, goes into the history
> and attempts to get
> into the skin of the craftsman who made the object.
> Sure some of these
> products are overvalued because of snob appeal, but
> for most, the value
> is there because there weren't many of them made and
> because of the
> historical and geographical values attached to them.
>
> It's interesting when appraiser points out the
> minute details that would
> escape the average observer. The thinking and care
> that went into that
> object.
> Even the details in repairs and restorations are
> pointed out, and there
> too, the craftsmanship has it's merits.
>
>
>
> > [SA]
> > The last comment or near last, by the woman
> in
> > the interview stuck out to me. "We put our hearts
> > into them." "our hearts"... Putting our hearts
> into
> > something is the care approach where the logical
> mind
> > isn't distant from the world. If the mind isn't
> > grounded in what we feel, well, I find what is in
> our
> > hearts to be grounded in this world in a first
> hand
> > felt way.
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