tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524682876220396502.post3468227114301852134..comments2024-03-27T06:56:10.255+00:00Comments on Broad Oak Magazine: Art on Sunday: JD on "Dysphoria" by Lizzie RoweUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524682876220396502.post-91889230416340361172016-09-25T06:32:52.479+01:002016-09-25T06:32:52.479+01:00JD's piece has been reposted on another websit...JD's piece has been reposted on another website:<br /><br />http://twilightstarsong.blogspot.co.uk/2016/09/arty-farty-friday-guest-post.html<br /><br />- where there are a number of interesting comments. One aspect that puzzles people is the upper left corner, which at first sight could be seen as an archway into an adjoining room, or some such. I comment there:<br /><br />"I looked again (again) at the top left corner. It's a dressing table, but the way it's painted it could also be an archway, just as the steam from the iron appears to have acquired some meaning. When I first glimpsed the painting it looked as though the person was playing some strange game, and the power lead (I didn't recognise that at first, either) looked like some kind of protective magic circle. Perhaps the genius of "Dysphoria" is that reality is both seen as it is, and yet also seen differently, since the flavour of mood permeates all perception. A friend told me that he asked his wife why her mood changed when the reality around her had not, and she replied that the reality inside her changed. And so back to Blake."Sackersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17284329249862764601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524682876220396502.post-54093041381672652582016-09-24T18:45:59.733+01:002016-09-24T18:45:59.733+01:00Absolutely fascinating! It seems to be a painting ...Absolutely fascinating! It seems to be a painting that draws you in deeper and deeper into it's hidden meanings, and very skillfully painted too! I really like how you discuss art and religion too, I wonder if you would like this quote from playwright Tom Stoppard - “Every work of art is the breath of a single eternal idea breathed by God into the inner life of the artist" - a very inspiring quote to me! Catherinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02424768126013866402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524682876220396502.post-66654802434758663762016-09-19T23:42:28.974+01:002016-09-19T23:42:28.974+01:00JD,
As you know Mr C and I were in Newcastle rece...JD,<br /><br />As you know Mr C and I were in Newcastle recently ;-)<br /><br />Mr C was keen to visit the Laing Art Gallery to revisit some of the things that had caught his eye on our last visit there.<br /><br />One of the paintings he was keen to see was by John Martin:<br /><br />The Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, 1852, John Martin<br /><br />https://laingartgallery.org.uk/collections/image-licensing<br /><br />It has a central position in the gallery and is has a moving light display to bring out the dramatic detail of the painting which is fabulous.<br /><br />But I kept getting distracted by 'Dysphoria' which was in my line of vision. When we stepped out of the John Martin display Mr C said WOW! look at that as 'Dysphoria' immediately caught his eye.<br /><br />I can confirm that the web images do not show the depth and feeling of this painting which when viewed is 3D and you feel you could just step into the scene.CherryPiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11788084724907992076noreply@blogger.com