tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post5119716936312569899..comments2024-03-20T16:46:13.343-04:00Comments on Marly Youmans / The Palace at 2:00 a.m. / poems, stories, novels: Why the People Disliked Art, Circa 2005: dead ends and ways forwardMarly Youmanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-45417717550874447202011-06-15T10:38:30.060-04:002011-06-15T10:38:30.060-04:00Robbi,
It's the famous "archaic smile.&q...Robbi,<br /><br />It's the famous "archaic smile." Really keeps you guessing...Marly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-27850595739244030582011-06-15T10:37:09.808-04:002011-06-15T10:37:09.808-04:00Robbi,
It's the famous "archaic smile.&q...Robbi,<br /><br />It's the famous "archaic smile." Really keeps you guessing...Marly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-23941572388148362902011-06-15T10:08:14.913-04:002011-06-15T10:08:14.913-04:00What captures me most is the simpering expression ...What captures me most is the simpering expression on this sphynx. It is not at all what I'd expect, which would be a fierce and icy stare, not a smile. Perhaps she's reflecting on the number of mortals she's been able to consume, or thinking, at the last, that the joke was finally on her?Robbi N.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04881145195435485238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-79012335212268153002011-06-14T23:45:58.810-04:002011-06-14T23:45:58.810-04:00P. S. I do occasionally read a book of Yeats crit...P. S. I do occasionally read a book of Yeats criticism, though it tends to be older books. Right now I'm reading <i>The Golden Nightingale</i> by Donald Stauffer, published in 1949. He has an old-fashioned, interesting mandate, centered around some questions that address Yeats and poetry in general: what kind of ideas are best expressed in poetry; what's the nature and extent of our Marly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-63616419861627341622011-06-14T23:40:29.109-04:002011-06-14T23:40:29.109-04:00marja-leena,
That's Mike, my husband. Because...marja-leena,<br /><br />That's Mike, my husband. Because we had three children at home, it was often hard for the two of us to go on a trip, and the good journeys often went to a child. He and our eldest son, then 16, went to Turkey for a conference and then rambled around Turkey and Greece. Hence the pictures.marly youmanshttp://www.thepalaceat2.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-62403739199278044052011-06-14T23:33:56.693-04:002011-06-14T23:33:56.693-04:00LIke the poem, Marly! And the art, but who is Mich...LIke the poem, Marly! And the art, but who is Michael Miller? As for art criticism - that was my most disliked course in art school and I still rarely care for it, especially the 'artspeak'.marja-leenahttp://www.marja-leena-rathje.infonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-88695306615530311252011-06-14T11:52:35.664-04:002011-06-14T11:52:35.664-04:00Mm, yes! That last line is highly quotable!Mm, yes! That last line is highly quotable!Marly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-48603662967293260812011-06-14T11:43:39.318-04:002011-06-14T11:43:39.318-04:00Isn't that what 'fine art' is? Buildi...Isn't that what 'fine art' is? Building upon what as come before and introducing new ways of expression en route?<br />To me that is Fine Art, mostly.<br />Reinventing the wheel is for ambitious wheelsmiths : )Paul Digbynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-40763743432237379342011-06-14T11:27:53.410-04:002011-06-14T11:27:53.410-04:00Well, it worked for Shakespeare, who was always st...Well, it worked for Shakespeare, who was always standing on some old works of art in order to climb higher!<br /><br />But I guess it's a little odd to respond not to art but art criticism...marly youmanshttp://www.marlyyoumans.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-84021008527789054772011-06-14T11:24:09.634-04:002011-06-14T11:24:09.634-04:00Gosh!
You touch upon a huge subject here, Marly!...Gosh! <br />You touch upon a huge subject here, Marly!<br /><br />I often see greater creativity in the response to some art than is in the art itself. Something that amuses me : )Paul Digbynoreply@blogger.com