tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3065694115454910742.post7655795115706086017..comments2024-01-13T23:40:11.599+11:00Comments on tachisme: exposed on the cliffs of my art with RilkeHarry Kenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05025438150292484846noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3065694115454910742.post-65354253409366100912010-11-22T15:17:26.521+11:002010-11-22T15:17:26.521+11:00Your welcome, Gary. It's one of my earliest se...Your welcome, Gary. It's one of my earliest self-portraits (circa 2004), charcoal and watercolor. It is the first painting i ever sold. The buyer had it framed nicely. I felt quite honored. Glad it speaks to you.Harry Kenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05025438150292484846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3065694115454910742.post-33421680290948063702010-11-22T09:23:19.235+11:002010-11-22T09:23:19.235+11:00Hello Harry,
Just saw this thanks to your, "Y...Hello Harry,<br />Just saw this thanks to your, "You might also like..." feature.<br />Hope you don't mind, but I was so taken with it I downloaded it to be able to see it every day. It's fantastic and you should be so very proud and happy with this work.<br />Sincerely,<br />Gary.Gary L. Everesthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02343464132076469808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3065694115454910742.post-2381302050294775492010-04-30T07:14:43.780+10:002010-04-30T07:14:43.780+10:00Once again, Regina, you've got me thinking, an...Once again, Regina, you've got me thinking, and once again I find my response too long for the comments box. I'm on roll working up a self-portrait based on my image in a 'Claude mirror', but I'm very taken with what you've written and with a bit of luck I'll get to post my thoughts tommorrow. Thanks so much for this.Harry Kenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05025438150292484846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3065694115454910742.post-47742109408315014862010-04-27T16:05:16.812+10:002010-04-27T16:05:16.812+10:00Hello Harry. I recently tried to clear/clean the g...Hello Harry. I recently tried to clear/clean the garage and among the long lost things found again is Rilke's Letters To A Young Poet. I started to read it (naturally) which meant the job of cleaning did not altogether go as planned. I did however manage to rediscover some of his lines about loneliness and the sufferings of the artist and the work of art that made me think of this post/poem. <br /><br />Rilke gives advice to the poet and the painter alike i think with "... love your solitude and bear with sweet-sounding lamentation the suffering it causes you.... And when what is near you is far, then your distance is already among the stars and very large; rejoice in your growth, in which you naturally can take no one with you,..." (p. 39)<br /><br />Perhaps Rilke speaks of what constitutes the world an artist sees/creates/recreates - the lines, the dots, the dabs, the strokes ("markings" with which the painter and writer are concerned) - in terms of what can be seen from "the cliffs of the heart" and which the being sees as ever so small, so tiny for being so far away. From this position, loneliness prevails upon the soul but it is that from which "something can bloom". <br /><br />Rilke speaks of loneliness or solitude as essential to the work of art: "Works of art are of an infinite loneliness and with nothing so little to be reached as with criticism." He seems to insist upon the solitude ofthe artist and the work to the exclusion of others; i.e. the judgment and recognition of others. <br /><br />At first I thought this antithetical to the ideal of a community of artists relating and helping each other along but I realise Rilke himself reaches out to the young poet with advice and subtle judgements. Somehow, I suppose, the relation must be along the lines of supporting each other in the contemplation and commitment to this essential solitude.Reginahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09569918774646206711noreply@blogger.com