tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6096844366367766843.post83060670815945282..comments2024-03-27T09:27:33.931+00:00Comments on Idiotic Hat: Painting Spring with SpringMike C.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11279776665185060446noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6096844366367766843.post-80667504012904826552017-05-02T15:36:55.525+01:002017-05-02T15:36:55.525+01:00Omer,
Yes, that's the idea -- a sort of pseud...Omer,<br /><br />Yes, that's the idea -- a sort of pseudo-naive, folksy look.<br /><br />Yes, I have shown a few, with varying responses, but once I've got a really solid body of work (say, 50 or so A-grade images) I'm going to be pushing them harder. I'll also need to be getting a pigment-ink printer to replace my ageing Epson dye-ink printer...<br /><br />Mike Mike C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11279776665185060446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6096844366367766843.post-35508222805951826462017-05-02T14:38:24.783+01:002017-05-02T14:38:24.783+01:00These remind me of traditional folk art, not a bad...These remind me of traditional folk art, not a bad thing. I like the second and third, but the second one is more evocative, to me anyway. Have you made "final" prints of any of your collages and shown them to outsiders?Omerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01976750627347867730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6096844366367766843.post-61219717846177660372017-05-01T19:25:52.925+01:002017-05-01T19:25:52.925+01:00Thomas,
Yes, I suppose that's probably true, ...Thomas,<br /><br />Yes, I suppose that's probably true, in the same way a pencil portrait differs from a photo. The mark-making is more deliberate.<br /><br />On the second, yes, there is a parallel with poetry -- a poet (or at least a certain sort of poet) is trying to use language to "say" what cannot directly or simply be said with language. How this works is a mystery, though, and, as so many poets have said, if I could explain what I want to say, I wouldn't need to write these poems!<br /><br />MikeMike C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11279776665185060446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6096844366367766843.post-85905659100411929212017-05-01T17:42:21.920+01:002017-05-01T17:42:21.920+01:00Mike,
the second and fourth collage strike me as ...Mike,<br /><br />the second and fourth collage strike me as something like a "condensation" of your Wales pictures. For me as someone from the "straight photography" camp, it seems that your collages leave much less leeway for interpretation as compared to straight photographs, they are somehow more "dense".<br /><br />Secondly, about these things that you know, but can't express verbally - do you think there is a relation to poetry? This is a question which occupies me for some time now, and I'm trying to read up about it, but as a Literature graduate, you certainly know much more about this. I would certainly appreciate a blog post or two which deal with this!<br /><br />Best, ThomasAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com