Saturday, June 6, 2015

visual privilege excites more

                                                                                Attribution: mnfroliger
Image: The Blue Yellow and Red series (here)

Note: The artist has not even given a title to his art.
It is just one in a series. That itself is creating a mystery.
Furthermore there are no hues of  'red' when the series
calls for it. This appears to be deliberate to add more
to the mystery

Quote: The job of the artist is always
to deepen the mystery. - Francis Bacon
Read more Quotes (here)

Looking at art ignites excitement
more so an abstract

But visual privilege excites more
One not only sees but also reads
the artist's mind

What is the motive
What is it about
One creates a picture in
one's mind to match

Beauty of interaction with inanimate
objects adds to the mystery
One's imagination runs wild

(55 words)

For Kerry's hosting of Flash 55 Plus at Real Toads
with a suggestion to include a Quote for inspiration
and Mary's at PU's Poetry Pantry #255

33 comments:

  1. Interesting!










    ALOHA from Honolulu,
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  2. I prefer to let imagination run wild. The thought of having it all given still leaves some out.

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  3. How wonderful that artists create living mysteries for admirers to ponder.

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  4. My imagination needs a cold shower.

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  5. How wonderful it would be to let our imagination run wild :D

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  6. Untangling an image - be it written or visual - can be like opening a gift...you capture the excitement well

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  7. every audience has different take on painting

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  8. It is not necessary to like every piece of art we see but rather be moved by a piece that reaches out to us and say "I want to tell you a story".

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  9. it's truly exciting to read an artist's mind...nice capture Hank :)

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  10. We are left wondering what it all meant.

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  11. It is a wonderful thing to stretch one's imagination by enjoying the pleasures of art!

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  12. I love your choice of quote Hank--and I also like the questions you chose to ask. Good to see/read you again.

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  13. I'm not sure what 'visual privilege' actually means — but I like everything else you say.

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  14. What one mind creates sure can leave the rest to wonder

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  15. I'm left to wonder about a lot of it

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  16. 'One not only sees but also reads the artist's mind'
    I suppose that when I do not care for a work of abstract art, that means my mind-reading talent isn't functioning well that day. ;)
    Liked the poem, well done.
    http://myantimatterlife.wordpress.com

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  17. I found the picture less obscure than your words, for I immediately translated it as a the flurry of a living blue-tit ... and I felt the movement of it through my mind! Should I be worried? LOL

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  18. I loved it! I agree that imagination and interpretation are vital to art living on beyond the page or canvas :D

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  19. Do we see the artists mind, or do we let ours mingle with theirs and maybe in that there is the magic. It becomes almost a conversation with the artist.

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  20. "visual privilege"---this is indeed what it is!

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  21. i like the quote you shared with us, your poem deepens this aspect of the artist's sphere for us

    thanks for dropping in at my Sunday Lime today

    much love...

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  22. I like the truth in "one creates a picture in one's mind to match". So true.

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  23. Oh I really loved this as it complements the quote so perfectly....

    'But visual privilege excites more
    One not only sees but also reads
    the artist's mind'

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  24. I like the mystery, and on some level see a few possibilities that might unravel it. Interesting image, thoughtful writing to marry it to.

    Elizabeth

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  25. I love the idea of connecting to the artists mind through the art...much how poets connect as well...nicely gathered, Hank!

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  26. Some wonderful insights and reflections on the process of creativity.

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  27. I like this kind of art. It a good mind exercise and open to interpretations. Art after all is an expression not only of the artist but could be of the viewer too

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  28. art is up to interpretation I think we see what speaks to us directly and sometimes we see what the artist was trying to convey and that is magic.

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  29. Beautiful and true. I love the term "visual privilege" for how an observer appreciates and interacts with art. Some artists deliberately leave space for the observer to participate, and the art you include here seems like that kind. I see a dream of birds, maybe those no longer there.

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  30. Abstract art is like a Rorschach test. You are more important than the art.

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  31. I'll quote Alice in Wonderland: curiouser and curiouser ~

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