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mixedmedia · 11-02-2007, 08:30 PM

Wow, those sculptures are amazing.

And I know what you mean about feeling small. I've seen very little of the art that I love in person. I've never seen a Nerdrum painting, for instance. But when I think about it, seeing them in scale...I mean some of those paintings are 10-11 feet tall and/or wide and more! It would be very overwhelming for me to see them in person.

The most important work of art that I have ever seen in person is Van Gogh's Starry Night. And I tell you, standing there just inches away from the canvas, where I imagined Vincent Van Gogh himself would have been standing to paint it, I was totally overwhelmed with emotion - tears welled up in my eyes and it was so very hard to pull myself away from it. Even though there were lots and lots of people waiting to look, lol.

I love that art can make us feel small.

11-02-2007, 08:30 PM	#22 (permalink)
mixedmedia has all her shots. Location: Florida	Wow, those sculptures are amazing. And I know what you mean about feeling small. I've seen very little of the art that I love in person. I've never seen a Nerdrum painting, for instance. But when I think about it, seeing them in scale...I mean some of those paintings are 10-11 feet tall and/or wide and more! It would be very overwhelming for me to see them in person. The most important work of art that I have ever seen in person is Van Gogh's Starry Night. And I tell you, standing there just inches away from the canvas, where I imagined Vincent Van Gogh himself would have been standing to paint it, I was totally overwhelmed with emotion - tears welled up in my eyes and it was so very hard to pull myself away from it. Even though there were lots and lots of people waiting to look, lol. I love that art can make us feel small. __________________ Most people go through life dreading they'll have a traumatic experience. Freaks were born with their trauma. They've already passed their test in life. They're aristocrats. - Diane Arbus PESSIMISM, n. A philosophy forced upon the convictions of the observer by the disheartening prevalence of the optimist with his scarecrow hope and his unsightly smile. - Ambrose Bierce