Hills of Kyoto; Beauty in All Things
More from the exhibition Japanese Art and Design at MAD recently which showcased art objects from the museum’s permanent collections, by Japanese artists. Silk fronds simply …
More from the exhibition Japanese Art and Design at MAD recently which showcased art objects from the museum’s permanent collections, by Japanese artists. Silk fronds simply …
Happy Christmas and Happy New Year to you all – albeit mid January! …taking a brief break from a long list of studio tasks to …
They were big and little creatures. Some were hairy with long, thin tails, and some had noses long as pokers. Some had bulging eyes and some had 20 toes. In they came — crashing through the door, sliding down the chimney, crawling through the windows. They shouted and cried. They banged pots and pans. They twirled their tails and tapped their toes upon the wooden floor. The Brothers Grimm
My first encounter of the museum floor had me standing in front of these two creatures. Formidable and beautiful, these birds of prey are as close as many of us would hope to get and an amazing opportunity to study the feathers and shapes in their beautiful plumage.
It is a ceramic house which has held great influence in it’s field since it’s beginnings in 1759, not least being the reference for a particular cast of heavenly blue.
The lustrous petal emenate from the central stamen, growing into large petal clusters.
When we set out I did not believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God and when we reached the zoo I did. I had not exactly spent the journey in thought. Nor in great emotion. It was more like when a man, after a long sleep, becomes aware that he is now awake.
I tore it liberally from one of those old gallery print catalogues one finds in Argosy Bookstore on 59th street.
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