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Reading the first five chapters of Rosseau's Reveries of a Solitary Walker.
Before morning.
It is morning.
I went to see more of the Hopper exhibit today. It was like an assembly line of people, since it just opened this week. Step forward, note painting, nod head, whisper something clever to companion while still looking at the painting, nod again, move forward, step lively people!
I never liked Edward Hopper before. I thought they were too... straightforward. Too much like a 1920's-30's American advertisement. But looking at them up close, looking at how many he made, how different they are, how much feeling they convey. Light. Light! Light! I want to walk by the buildings, sit on the roof tops, I want to sit quietly next to his people.
I like Edward Hopper now. I understand the popularity of Nighthawks now.
Interestingly enough, I was watching Dead Like Me season one all week, and today, the first epsode I watch, at 11:00 at night, is Nighthawks, and at the end they recreate the painting with Mason, Rube, George and the Busboy. They even took into account the counter facing the other way and made it work. They took into account how sparse the painting was, no details in the other windows, in the street. I liked their imitation more than that one that CSI did.
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sorry the image is so crummy. I had to take a picture of the screen with my camera.
TINTIN!
Before morning.
It is morning.
I went to see more of the Hopper exhibit today. It was like an assembly line of people, since it just opened this week. Step forward, note painting, nod head, whisper something clever to companion while still looking at the painting, nod again, move forward, step lively people!
I never liked Edward Hopper before. I thought they were too... straightforward. Too much like a 1920's-30's American advertisement. But looking at them up close, looking at how many he made, how different they are, how much feeling they convey. Light. Light! Light! I want to walk by the buildings, sit on the roof tops, I want to sit quietly next to his people.
I like Edward Hopper now. I understand the popularity of Nighthawks now.
Interestingly enough, I was watching Dead Like Me season one all week, and today, the first epsode I watch, at 11:00 at night, is Nighthawks, and at the end they recreate the painting with Mason, Rube, George and the Busboy. They even took into account the counter facing the other way and made it work. They took into account how sparse the painting was, no details in the other windows, in the street. I liked their imitation more than that one that CSI did.
.
sorry the image is so crummy. I had to take a picture of the screen with my camera.
TINTIN!