... of the seven deadly sins, the eighth and most horrid is emotional blackmail ... whilst for this blogger, the only sacred thing is life itself
Tuesday, September 15, 2020
Friday, September 11, 2020
gannets and buccaneers ...
i spent most of the day trying to paint three tiny gannets into "the scenery" and gave some thought to that old marine aircraft named the gannet, which was rarther stout and stumpy, and the aircraft called the buccaneer which sometimes came close to a gannet's grace in flight ...
Wednesday, September 9, 2020
Saturday, August 29, 2020
basho's epic journey to the north ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oku_no_Hosomichi
http://www.sonic.net/~tabine/SAABasho_etc_Spring_2005/basho_folder/SAASpring2005_Basho_01.html
a pdf ...
http://www.tclt.org.uk/basho/Oku_2011.pdf
yoshitoshi's illustration for one hundred aspects of the moon ...
Tuesday, August 25, 2020
Monday, August 24, 2020
ancient bronze vessels from china ... we saw a room full in nara and i felt a kind of resonance, and harmony from their proximity ... what follows is in no particular order
https://www.christies.com/features/Collecting-guide-Ancient-Chinese-bronzes-8638-1.aspx
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_ritual_bronzes
(505) Mirroring China’s Past: Emperors and Their Bronzes - YouTube
(507) Material Visions: Bronze | Chinese Bronze Bell, 5th Century BCE - YouTube
(584) Chinese Bronzes, Of Us and Art: The 100 Videos Project, Episode 19 - YouTube
(584) An Ancient Vessel Forged from Fires of the Warring States - YouTube
Sakamoto GorÅ: The Legacy | Chinese Works of Art | Sotheby’s (sothebys.com)