Sunday, June 20, 2021

#464 Man with a Newspaper (2)



 

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 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.