For a Tuesday, I could have a lot more to complain about. But I don’t. And those days my friends? Those days are the good ones.
Check these out.
My brother sent them to me as a part of an art exhibit. And it was weird; the first thing I thought was that I watch too much TV. They just seemed so based in nature and land and beauty, that the Amazing Race tonight didn’t seem so important. Not that I won’t be watching, I will.
My Chicagoist stuff is going really well. I’ve been reading as much as I can, books and the business side of books. And now, happily, I have too much to write about instead of not enough. And thinking about all kinds of art, since moving from architecture art, to literature art, to smatterings of art history and such, its interesting to compare these arts with each other.
For example, Liz (Sabrina’s lady) asked during my tour why all the referencing? And it was a good question; I always just took it for granted. Modern buildings referencing old ones that are across the street, post modern buildings referencing old buildings that used to stand in their spot.
As I thought longer about her good question, I started thinking of authors and realizing that they too, reference each other as well. I’m still learning how to read a book like I read a building (I know, but it makes sense) and still trying to figure out what writing/referencing might mean, but its there.
And I’m sure it’s true with painting as well. I’m sure painters must reference each other all the time right?
Is every art referential?
2 comments:
Well...maybe it's all art forms, even science, which depends on a system of referencing for establishment of a basic data set. I think I see it most in music which constantly references its establishment. Jazz is massively referential, but even modern pop is: the sad thing is that it often references Mariah Carey.
I think our arts and sciences have a long established, societally and culturally founded basis of chord structure, data, aesthetic, and so on that is the groundwork for a culture. So there.
James
Ooooh! Beautiful!
I guess EVERYTHING is referential, cause there's always something that went before it.
Anyway, thanks for answering my very intelligent question.
You love Mariah Carey.
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