I love that answer from Neil Gaiman and I totally agree with you! ... The mention of Ezra Pound just broughtme terrible memories of one of the most boring moments I had while I was in college... enduring a two hour documentary about Ezra Pound, where here and there you could hear his voice reciting his Cantos and the repetitive "Pull down thy vanity..." ... Oh my god! I love modernism in literature but that documentary was so slow and boring, I think I even nodded off a couple of times ;)
Your icons are always lovely, dear, and I especially love your minimalist style, which is my own preference. They're always clean and uncluttered, and you always manage to get clarity and beautiful color out of your icons!
Just reading your description of that documentary makes me shake my head - it's really a pity when excellent and interesting subject matter can be butchered by uninspired mediums.
*laughing* Thank you, dear alexandral! I hope so too, but after 3 hours of sleep last night, I haven't yet managed to catch up on any sleep. Hopefully tonight :)
Overwork is slightly better than getting to mope - but not a Whole lot ::grin::
Well, after what I went through in March/April after Nic's March visit, I'm glad of any distractions to keep my mind off the Mope. But fortunately, it looks like the fun part of life will be quite busy so even when this work stuff dies down, I will have the right kind of distractions to get me through.
I just realized that by focusing on the art rather than the creator, we go back to the "art for art's sake" idea, whereas any other kind of art is necessarily tied into its creator.
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Thanks a lot for the pimpage! *hugs*
I love that answer from Neil Gaiman and I totally agree with you! ... The mention of Ezra Pound just broughtme terrible memories of one of the most boring moments I had while I was in college... enduring a two hour documentary about Ezra Pound, where here and there you could hear his voice reciting his Cantos and the repetitive "Pull down thy vanity..." ... Oh my god! I love modernism in literature but that documentary was so slow and boring, I think I even nodded off a couple of times ;)
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Just reading your description of that documentary makes me shake my head - it's really a pity when excellent and interesting subject matter can be butchered by uninspired mediums.
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I hope you will be having some rest soon!
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Perhaps his point is the less we know about the 'creator' the more we can focus on the art itself. Maybe that's true.
Overwork is slightly better than getting to mope - but not a Whole lot ::grin::
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Well, after what I went through in March/April after Nic's March visit, I'm glad of any distractions to keep my mind off the Mope. But fortunately, it looks like the fun part of life will be quite busy so even when this work stuff dies down, I will have the right kind of distractions to get me through.
I just realized that by focusing on the art rather than the creator, we go back to the "art for art's sake" idea, whereas any other kind of art is necessarily tied into its creator.
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