tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post4988262657911351504..comments2023-11-03T11:32:01.540+00:00Comments on Thought Experiments : The Blog: Samuel Palmer's TreeBryan Appleyardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08276787058430388582noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-91682947972600246152007-06-01T17:23:00.000+00:002007-06-01T17:23:00.000+00:00On topic. The pixie tree in KPG. A tree as dead as...On topic. The pixie tree in KPG. A tree as dead as the dodo. But to see the its delight to children restarts a little something.Vincehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09442327549417743472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-41648144601219831602007-06-01T16:41:00.000+00:002007-06-01T16:41:00.000+00:00we all see the tree - and the painting, presumably...we all see the tree - and the painting, presumably - differently. therefore the tree is always greater than each of us can imagine it. that's my view.<BR/><BR/>it's quite possibly your view is superior to Palmer's as he didn't have the benefit of yours. ;o)Ian russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11106519805045337505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-30640911225996066942007-06-01T16:12:00.000+00:002007-06-01T16:12:00.000+00:00Tolkien wrote an essay about the writer as a "seco...Tolkien wrote an essay about the writer as a "secondary creator" who assists God in the continuous flowering of being, i.e. the physical reality is not an inert given, but was intended to be transformed & made ours by our love of it. So artists continue creation. Though i suppose you could be a murderer & an artist at the same time...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-49720028371517093462007-06-01T15:28:00.000+00:002007-06-01T15:28:00.000+00:00Van Gogh- Wheat Fields & cypresses.Hokusai- Mount ...Van Gogh- Wheat Fields & cypresses.<BR/>Hokusai- Mount Fuji<BR/>Just a thought about Toledo of which El Greco has a rightly famous painting <A HREF="http://www.abcgallery.com/E/elgreco/elgreco10.html" REL="nofollow">here</A>, though El Greco took the slightly controversial liberty of changing the layout of the city to suit the painting.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-27664588722115127282007-06-01T15:19:00.000+00:002007-06-01T15:19:00.000+00:00Michael Mann and LA at night (Heat, Collateral)......Michael Mann and LA at night (Heat, Collateral)...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-28841708582738938192007-06-01T15:09:00.000+00:002007-06-01T15:09:00.000+00:00I dunno - you try and raise the tone, and along co...I dunno - you try and raise the tone, and along comes Brit with his urinals... <BR/>Meanwhile, the London plane, I think, still awaits its Palmer.Nigehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13314891387515045404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-62404311110999689732007-06-01T14:48:00.000+00:002007-06-01T14:48:00.000+00:00why amazingly assisted by a park employee? we can'...why amazingly assisted by a park employee? we can't have any tom, dick and harry planting what they like in our public parks!<BR/><BR/>when in london, I prefer the london plane. no idea if anyone's painted them.Ian russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11106519805045337505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-75184365599178539502007-06-01T14:32:00.000+00:002007-06-01T14:32:00.000+00:00Duchamp urinals?Duchamp urinals?Brithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00390560583798960760noreply@blogger.com