tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658518583188826551.post2192264770640174560..comments2024-03-28T06:33:54.252-04:00Comments on Studio and Garden: Form and SpiritAltoon Sultanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16743040814034732581noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658518583188826551.post-5413519923067766442013-07-23T08:51:26.046-04:002013-07-23T08:51:26.046-04:00Thanks so much, Karen. Yes, I taught art for many ...Thanks so much, Karen. Yes, I taught art for many years; teaching helps to clarify thoughts, but writing has helped even more. The few years of writing this blog have taught me a lot.Altoon Sultanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16743040814034732581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658518583188826551.post-54293478263488205962013-07-23T07:27:00.994-04:002013-07-23T07:27:00.994-04:00This is so lovely, Altoon, and so to the point of ...This is so lovely, Altoon, and so to the point of all the confusing talk on my facebook thread yesterday. Were you ever a teacher? I can see this as a lesson, in the best sense of the word, and an answer to people who ask <br />"what does it mean?" and "what's the value of art?". Sums is all up for me! Thank you for your caring and common sense approach!Karen Schifanohttp://www.karenschifano.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658518583188826551.post-26755534956101788712013-07-23T07:24:11.796-04:002013-07-23T07:24:11.796-04:00This is so lovely, Altoon! Were you ever a teacher...This is so lovely, Altoon! Were you ever a teacher? I can see this as a lesson in the best sense of the word, to answer people who ask "what does it mean?" and "what's the value of art?". Sums it all up for me, and certainly was apropos of that confusing thread yesterday. Thank you for your common sense and caring approach!Karen Schifanohttp://www.karenschifano.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658518583188826551.post-3423254784162985672013-07-22T18:14:00.200-04:002013-07-22T18:14:00.200-04:00Thank you, Bernard.Thank you, Bernard.Altoon Sultanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16743040814034732581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658518583188826551.post-56573633957385113892013-07-22T12:38:16.775-04:002013-07-22T12:38:16.775-04:00Wonderful post!
Thank you.Wonderful post!<br /><br />Thank you.Bernard Klevickashttp://bernardklevickas.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658518583188826551.post-70742111961064466812013-06-29T08:02:59.347-04:002013-06-29T08:02:59.347-04:00Thank you for your thoughtful comment, Holly. Wher...Thank you for your thoughtful comment, Holly. Where our sensibility comes from, why it is the way it is, is a very interesting thing to think about, and always useful. So your thinking about your "classic" sensibility will lead to greater insight. <br />I'm pleased you liked this post.Altoon Sultanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16743040814034732581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658518583188826551.post-46460348248108079742013-06-28T16:55:37.242-04:002013-06-28T16:55:37.242-04:00Thank you for clarifying, Altoon. Your blog post o...Thank you for clarifying, Altoon. Your blog post on style is interesting. MME was a teacher of a friend, who sent a mini-eulogy with a link to this quote. I have a limited exposure to her work and ideas. This one hit me at the right time.<br /><br />Over the last couple of years, I have been asking myself what resonates for me and why. Philip Guston, Piero della Francesca, Agnes Martin, and Soetsu Yanagi all twang that string for me. (I've wondered if it is a "Classic" sensibility, so I've been trying to define "Classic" for myself. Is it related to a particular form sense?)<br /><br />I find your post on spirit and feeling very beautiful. And I share your responses to the artwork you show, for the most part. I really appreciate your thoughts, such as "where does that sense of longing come from?" And most importantly, that its not something we artists can have in our work intentionally, "but it comes, mysteriously, through the working process." That is something I needed to be reminded of. Thank you.<br /><br />Holly White-GehrtAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658518583188826551.post-39824481433903572862013-06-26T15:15:22.843-04:002013-06-26T15:15:22.843-04:00Thanks for the comment, HAWG. Although I disagree ...Thanks for the comment, HAWG. Although I disagree with much of Erlebacher's ideas about painting (I've known her work for many years), I found what she had to say about "form sense" very interesting, and I agree with her completely. Matter of fact, I wrote a blog post on the subject a couple of years ago titled "Do We Have an Innate Style?", which you can read here: http://altoonsultan.blogspot.com/2011/07/do-we-have-innate-style.html<br />But, it's not really what I was speaking about in this blog post; a person can have a personal and unique "form sense" and still have no life or spirit in their work. Altoon Sultanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16743040814034732581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658518583188826551.post-68318720199101548762013-06-26T14:54:24.780-04:002013-06-26T14:54:24.780-04:00http://www.vitruvianstudio.com/martha-mayer-erleba...http://www.vitruvianstudio.com/martha-mayer-erlebacher-1937-2013/#comment-4386<br />This is a link to a wonderful tribute to the late Martha Mayer. She is quoted on her idea of "form sense," in which she talks about a "set of perceptual tendencies" one is born with which guide one's formal sensibilities.<br /><br />I concur whole heartedly with your sensibility which links Guston's later work with Fra Angelico's. <br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658518583188826551.post-12884836755210059782013-06-20T10:40:19.528-04:002013-06-20T10:40:19.528-04:00Thank you for the thoughtful comment, Susan.Thank you for the thoughtful comment, Susan.Altoon Sultanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16743040814034732581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658518583188826551.post-28780901469869426292013-06-19T16:48:58.531-04:002013-06-19T16:48:58.531-04:00Thank you for this post, Altoon. There's also ...Thank you for this post, Altoon. There's also a kind of intelligence that underlies real feeling in art, and that unites the head, hand and heart. Your examples show so well that spirit in painting is not about specific form or style or period, but about individual artists, at moments of the most personal observation and creation, tapping into the universal.Susan Abbotthttp://www.susanabbott.comnoreply@blogger.com