Seeing several frames within the painting allows that a central premise could be: today & yesterday are so alike a past image can be positioned to present the present in such a way Derrida himself might find it hard to tell if what happened then has happened now or has time reversed.
Sunday, June 20, 2021
#464 Man with a Newspaper (2)
Sunday, June 13, 2021
#463 La Vengeance
Simplicity abounds. Each part of the room is mono- tone — floor, walls, the em- bossed dado, the ceiling & its cornice. Only the horse's bell rings out in- trusion, & that, perhaps, because of oversize alone.
Tuesday, June 08, 2021
#462 L'Invention du Feu
Maybe we shouldn't go down the line of thought brought about by the ob- vious doggy position along with too much randy baluster, too little political correctness. But where else to go, seeking the meaning of the seem- ingly demeaning pose? Back to the future, I sup- pose, since this is identified as the invention of fire & thus comes first, gives birth to all those fiery euphoniums that were discovered later.
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