tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6096844366367766843.post2079954836882447109..comments2024-03-27T09:27:33.931+00:00Comments on Idiotic Hat: Call Me TischbeinMike C.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11279776665185060446noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6096844366367766843.post-16351215058030085002016-09-02T16:58:09.740+01:002016-09-02T16:58:09.740+01:00Zouk
Ha! Definitely more sympathy with the latter...Zouk<br /><br />Ha! Definitely more sympathy with the latter these days!<br /><br />MikeMike C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11279776665185060446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6096844366367766843.post-5791273986752243972016-09-02T16:11:25.415+01:002016-09-02T16:11:25.415+01:00"... the young genius craning out of the wind..."... the young genius craning out of the window to watch the sunlit street life below, putting together in his head the legacy of his classical learning with the reality of Rome"<br /><br />OR<br /><br />"Oi! Keep it down, will you?! There's people trying to sleep up here!"Zouk Delorshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07983226210415857258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6096844366367766843.post-48544565325399809402009-12-02T22:50:04.438+00:002009-12-02T22:50:04.438+00:00Gavin,
Yes, I know what you mean about the Richte...Gavin,<br /><br />Yes, I know what you mean about the Richter, though he's covered so many bases over such a long time, stylistically, pretty much anything is reminiscent of a Richter. His website is exhausting!<br /><br />MikeMike C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11279776665185060446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6096844366367766843.post-48131464871656160162009-12-02T20:50:28.772+00:002009-12-02T20:50:28.772+00:00Your self portrait has been annoying me, not in ba...Your self portrait has been annoying me, not in bad way, but it reminded me of something.<br /><br />I remembered - Gerhard Richter<br /><br />It looks like some of his photo paintings not the hyper realistic ones but some of his earlier work the copies of newspaper photographs that he deliberately blurred. <br /><br />As you say pigeons underrated birds along with most of our common birds, when you stop and look they are wonderful. If Starlings were as rare as hens teeth that multicoloured plumage they sport at certain times of the year would be considered a work of artGavin McLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14630089445696518084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6096844366367766843.post-12124235512425108382009-12-02T09:40:16.766+00:002009-12-02T09:40:16.766+00:00Bron,
I'm pleased you're enjoying the pos...Bron,<br /><br />I'm pleased you're enjoying the posts (and picking up the literary allusions -- full marks). I've never knowingly listened to Tim Buckley (somehow he seems not to have crossed the Atlantic) but will now. Some frame pictures will appear before Christmas, I expect -- we have a revolting 19th c. gilded baroque mirror my partner inherited last year in bubble wrap leaning against a wall at home. If I have my way (unlikely) it will stay in the bubble wrap...<br /><br />MikeMike C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11279776665185060446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6096844366367766843.post-55899167235385624342009-12-01T21:37:46.504+00:002009-12-01T21:37:46.504+00:00Mike,
The poetical path you have woven is quite e...Mike,<br /><br />The poetical path you have woven is quite enjoyable. I'm off on one of the tangents, but thought I would mention this. <br /><br />Late to JM; I like her paintings, too.<br /><br />"Once I Was ...", Tim Buckley, haunts me still, probably due to my circumstances at the time.<br /><br />IshmaelBronislaus Janulis / Framewrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15839855368056037541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6096844366367766843.post-80256621177618833362009-11-30T10:43:16.002+00:002009-11-30T10:43:16.002+00:00Is that what they're doing? Cunning... I'...Is <i>that</i> what they're doing? Cunning... I've come to admire pigeons -- their flying ability (and their obvious joy in it) is marvellous. And they share a certain dogged persistence with crows which I find admirable (unless I'm trying to reseed the lawn).<br /><br />MikeMike C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11279776665185060446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6096844366367766843.post-4443046003842524002009-11-29T22:33:35.455+00:002009-11-29T22:33:35.455+00:00The pigeons clapping their wings were exploiting t...The pigeons clapping their wings were exploiting the Weiss-Fogh effect. It allows them to generate more lift quickly and escape the ground faster than otherwise. They generally do so when startled. Various insects use it, its the reason bees can fly when according the "rigid wing" aerodynamics they can't <br />It's a lovely picture, you are right about it having more to say than they formal portrait, despite not even showing the subjects face. <br />A lovely post<br />Thanks<br /><br />GavinGavin McLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14630089445696518084noreply@blogger.com