Originally posted by rwingettHa, yeah that would be Gilda Radner...next month they're featuring Chevey Chase as Gerald Ford: A Retrospective, complete with staircase. Well, you can tell how much I thought of Frrida's work, but I don't particularly care for personal narrative in art, regardless of how purportedly complex the use of symbolism, blah blah. 😳
Gilda and Diego? Is that Diego Rivera and...uhhh...Gilda Radner? That would be an interesting pair, instead of Diego and Frida. I must confess that I am not familiar with Gilda and Diego. Are they an artistic tandem like Gilbert and George?
It's fairly slim pickins' in Detroit as well. We did have a big Edgar Degas show here in the fall, which was qui ...[text shortened]... has a nice little gallery as well. They have some interesting stuff there once in a while.
I haven't read through many of the other posts to see if anybody has mentioned them, but my personal favs are still the Anne Rice novels (which I am currently reading) and the Terry Goodkind series known as the Sword of Truth. It starts with a fantastic 800 page novel called Wizards First Rule. Absolutely amazing! I highly recommend people read it if you're into fantasy. If you like historical fiction, Jack Whyte has an excellent Arthurian legend series called A Brood of Eagles, that starts years before Arthur is even born! Tells all about the Romans before Camulod (the roman name for the town) ever came into existance. Very groovy reading.
Well, just thought I'd post a couple of these. I'm new to the whole chess thing, so I hope to be playing some of you soon! I've got a lot to learn about chess, but I figure if I don't play, I'll never get any better.
Cheers, mates!
MrWizard
if anyone else has read that sword of truth series as mentioned - is it just me or does this author have some serious issues? 😛 *to quote - 'He looked into her eyes and saw something that attracted him to her like nothing he had ever seen in a woman before...intelligence'*
that, and about 3 chapters involving whips and other stuff that i dont think i should mention in this(or any) environment.
as for authors, David Gemmell (and Tolkien of course) springs to mind, but i dont mind dabbing into my little history book every now and then either 😵
Originally posted by zach918"O Captain! My Captain!" by Walt Whitman? What is there to indicate that he had problems?
you think that author has problems, you need to read a poem called "O Captain! My Captain" I think thats the name of it anyway
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...Exult, O shores, and ring, O bells!
But I, with mournful tread,
Walk the deck my Captain lies,
Fallen cold and dead.
It's a really good poem.
Originally posted by AlaYup, that's one of my favorites! A CONFEDERACY OF DUNCES is also a fine read, if you have an odd sense of humor. It's protagonist, Ignatius Reilly, has become my personal hero, the character I try to model my life after!
a nice "unusual" read is GEEK LOVE...
if you like carnivals and freak shows, i guarantee you'll enjoy!
ala
Originally posted by bbarrAh, so you were talking about Diego and Frida. I wasn't sure, you threw me there with the "Gilda" reference.
Ha, yeah that would be Gilda Radner...next month they're featuring Chevey Chase as Gerald Ford: A Retrospective, complete with staircase. Well, you can tell how much I thought of Frrida's work, but I don't particularly care for personal narrative in art, regardless of how purportedly complex the use of symbolism, blah blah. 😳
I don't see though how some degree of personal narrative can be avoided in art. Especially in the 20th century, it seems that art is largely a showcase of personal narration to some extent. Whether it done through the use of symbolism, or through the use of a highly individual technique, the artist has made his presence a tangible part of the work. Unless it would be with something like the hard edged abstractions of Ellsworth Kelly, or some of the minimalist artists, where there is a concious effort to avoid anything that would indicate the hand of the artist at work.
Originally posted by maggoteerI fully agree Michael, please send a game my way so we can discuss Mr Reilly in depth, one of the more hilarious comic characters in history I feel!
Yup, that's one of my favorites! A CONFEDERACY OF DUNCES is also a fine read, if you have an odd sense of humor. It's protagonist, Ignatius Reilly, has become my personal hero, the character I try to model my life after!
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Originally posted by bbarrMark Rothko is my favorite artist, I can't give a valid reason to why other than I like the colours and shapes. A lot of my mates just say they all look the same, or my g/friend just thinks the guy could only paint squares - and I can't really argue with that. I just find them very comforting and relaxing.
Yep, he and Rothko are my two favorites. I wish the avatars were bigger, so all could bask in Kandinsky's brilliance. I'd put up a big pic in my profile, by the Bennett-Yoda Judo morph is too good to pass up.
At the Tate Modern in London they have a "Rothko Room". Basically he was commissioned to produce a number of works for a New York restaurant, the deal fell through so the Tate brought them. If you get in there on a cold January weekday morning when there are no tourists to bother you there is no better place in London just to chill out for an hour or so with a book.
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On the book front, has anyone read both "Chronicles of Thomas Covenant" by Stephen Donaldson, I loved these when I was about 15-16 and kept reading them over and over again, at that age I loved the whole concept of a reluctant anti-hero. In no particular order I would also recommend:
Dr Strangelove - Peter George
Junky - William Burroughs
Survivor - Chuck Palahniuk
The Man the High Castle - Phillip K Dick
Second Variety - Phillip K Dick (Its just a short story)
Memoirs of a Geisha
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Originally posted by latex bishopOoh, I burning up with envy. We've only got one Rothko at the Detroit Institute of Arts, but it is a very nice one. However, we do have the "industry murals" by Diego Rivera which are just amazing. Frescoes actually, all about the auto industry.
Mark Rothko is my favorite artist, I can't give a valid reason to why other than I like the colours and shapes. A lot of my mates just say they all look the same, or my g/friend just thinks the guy could only paint squares - and I can't really argue with that. I just find them very comforting and relaxing.
At the Tate Modern in London they have a ...[text shortened]... u there is no better place in London just to chill out for an hour or so with a book.
Andrew