I love how you trace the moment art first claimed you, not through expertise but recognition. Sometimes the things we meet by accident end up shaping our entire way of seeing.
I so appreciate what you've written this evening.....and in a way my story too ....and now late in life I paint even though I have no innate skill or talent but I want to find out what and where the colors and brush strokes and additions take me......everything is an experiment and a revelation, stepping off the edge .... but seeing, not falling. Thank you so much for this.
Awww...Mary. This post makes me so happy. For you. For myself. Happy that art and pubs and cloudy days happen. Happy that all three persist even while the regime led by your uncle is trashing so many other simple and complex pleasures.
Just finished listening to a 1960 Dave Brubeck Quartet album picked up at an estate sale, called “Time Further Out.” The music is Brubeck’s interpretation of Joan Miro’s 1925 painting shown on the album cover, and it’s amazing how an artist in one medium can inspire an artist in another. The album notes say that Miro’s painting expresses “in visual terms (Brubeck’s) own approach to music—a search for something new within old forms, an unexpected perspective, a surprising order and inner balance that belies the spontaneity of composition.” Your post was a perfect follow-up for me, a rare moment of synchronicity. Thank you for the Rousseau art—sublime, just like the music I heard.
Rousseau, Miró, Dave Brubeck. Oh! I'm craving those chilly nights in The City. Quite the inspired combo! Fireplace and a glass of wine, or Cognac! And perhaps a little Stan Getz to cap the night! ☺️ 👍
Lovely end to a snowy weekend. We went to the Barnes before it was incorporated into PMA. Always a treasure. Now is a perfect time to enjoy the pleasures of art, fine or mundane, reading great history, fiction, enjoying what little fine films, TV shows remain to inspire and just entertain us. Heaven knows the daily crap in Hitler's WH gives us heartaches, so we do what we can to find joy and peace in what makes us feel something other than despair. Thx Mary we needed that
I love how you trace the moment art first claimed you, not through expertise but recognition. Sometimes the things we meet by accident end up shaping our entire way of seeing.
Beautifully said.
Art teacher?
This is a perfect Sunday evening nightcap. I'm not familiar with Rousseau's work so this is a great introduction. Thank you.
I so appreciate what you've written this evening.....and in a way my story too ....and now late in life I paint even though I have no innate skill or talent but I want to find out what and where the colors and brush strokes and additions take me......everything is an experiment and a revelation, stepping off the edge .... but seeing, not falling. Thank you so much for this.
How wonderful, to be able to feel free and unfettered by expectations of an outcome!
We all need quiet days like yours, days which bring unexpected clarity…and offering the world from a different angle.
Thanks Mary loved your commentary on art. Nor am I familiar with Rousseau’s. I enjoy your writing it has a down to earth authenticity.
I *love* reading inspired words. Thank you for sharing your gift with us—and inviting us into your world.
Awww...Mary. This post makes me so happy. For you. For myself. Happy that art and pubs and cloudy days happen. Happy that all three persist even while the regime led by your uncle is trashing so many other simple and complex pleasures.
Amen
Perfect 👌 and your great love & perspective for the complex arts & love thereof is so beautiful and totally different from your horrible uncle!!
In many ways, it is not only "totally different" but also "totally opposite".
Just finished listening to a 1960 Dave Brubeck Quartet album picked up at an estate sale, called “Time Further Out.” The music is Brubeck’s interpretation of Joan Miro’s 1925 painting shown on the album cover, and it’s amazing how an artist in one medium can inspire an artist in another. The album notes say that Miro’s painting expresses “in visual terms (Brubeck’s) own approach to music—a search for something new within old forms, an unexpected perspective, a surprising order and inner balance that belies the spontaneity of composition.” Your post was a perfect follow-up for me, a rare moment of synchronicity. Thank you for the Rousseau art—sublime, just like the music I heard.
Rousseau, Miró, Dave Brubeck. Oh! I'm craving those chilly nights in The City. Quite the inspired combo! Fireplace and a glass of wine, or Cognac! And perhaps a little Stan Getz to cap the night! ☺️ 👍
Lovely end to a snowy weekend. We went to the Barnes before it was incorporated into PMA. Always a treasure. Now is a perfect time to enjoy the pleasures of art, fine or mundane, reading great history, fiction, enjoying what little fine films, TV shows remain to inspire and just entertain us. Heaven knows the daily crap in Hitler's WH gives us heartaches, so we do what we can to find joy and peace in what makes us feel something other than despair. Thx Mary we needed that
Absolutely beautiful…
Went to the exhibition, with my sister, a few weeks ago. Also visited the new Calder Garden, across the street. Thoroughly enjoyed both.
What a treat! We had the pleasure of seeing that exhibit last fall. I resonated with everything you said. Thank you!
"sometimes standing outside of accepted norms to come to an essential truth is the best way..."
Yes. :)
Thank you for sharing these Rousseau paintings. Although I've struggled to describe his work, they have a lovely, otherworldly feel.
I love the feeling of these pieces of yours, which seem to arrive on Sunday evenings. A good and peaceful start to the week.