tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4997646341221960818.post4314554546746672399..comments2023-09-24T03:29:00.637-07:00Comments on Notes on Notes from Halfland: Three-dimensionality part three (footnote)Ulysseshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04822219954262178070noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4997646341221960818.post-15257612116503691292007-02-11T13:29:00.000-08:002007-02-11T13:29:00.000-08:00Thank you, Mike. Ron Mueck's work is compelling, t...Thank you, Mike. Ron Mueck's work is compelling, the face of the pregnant woman has stayed with me.<BR/>Chatting with Shelley today I was able to clarify why I have such a thing about the joy in art. It is because life itself gives me a sufficient taste of the pain, tension, and struggle inherent within it. In many ways Mueck's work once again puts "reality" in my face. It brings up so much. Much food for thought here.Ulysseshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04822219954262178070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4997646341221960818.post-260706168877836472007-02-11T04:51:00.000-08:002007-02-11T04:51:00.000-08:00Hey, thanks for transferring that here to the main...Hey, thanks for transferring that here to the main blog! I'm glad you and Shelley enjoyed it! Interesting observation.... I hadn't really thought about the work expressing emptiness, but now that you mention it it really does. <BR/><BR/>In some of the pieces however, I'm getting something very subtle and deep down, at an almost buried level, that appeals to me powerfully, and the best way I can describe it is - the ordinary; even the ugly raised to the level of the sublime. I especially feel it in his pregnant women, looking at the details. I don't know how he can do it, he must feel a deep love for all humanity to be able to make even ugly people somehow beautiful. Maybe I shouldn't say ugly, but drab or ordinary.Darkmattershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15410415900992364189noreply@blogger.com