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Kate
Unregistered User
(4/17/01 11:52:00 am)
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Tanning/galleys
Sorry for the digression from
the topic, but Terri, no, galleys aren't out yet but should be out
in two to three weeks; you're on 'the list.' But you can (and anyone
else interested can also of course) see a tiny tiny reproduction
of an early version of the cover to it, with Dorothea Tanning's
painting, at fc2.org -- if you scroll
down the page there's a link to my book in Fall 2001 releases. The
reproduction of "Eine Kleine Nachtmusik" is very small,
however. (Please know, all! I'm not plugging my work here. At the
proper time I will announce its publication though!)
Interesting about the character in Wood Wife--because the landscape and characters of my novel are based on "Eine Kleine Nachtmusik." I often draw from art this way--currently working from some odd 17 c. prints for my new book.
This discussion has inspired me to take advantage of my "faculty can take classes free" option at the art college where I teach . . . I think I will this fall.
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CoryEllen
Registered User
(4/17/01 12:26:14 pm)
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Re: Artists and inspiration
Wow, I wouldn't have thought so (about Nancy's work being too far out). Oh well. This is probably why I'm not in marketing :-)
I've said for years that I write because I can't paint. There are so many pictures and films and vast visual scapes that have no outlet other than words because I can't draw or paint anything that isn't physically in front of me. Though I've been playing more with decorative arts and sculpture recently.
Apparently my excuse for writing is not as original as I thought. I found out a few months ago that Frida Kahlo used to say she painted because she couldn't sing. Isn't it funny, the substitutions and sublimations we choose?
C-E
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Kate
Unregistered User
(4/17/01 12:44:11 pm)
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Starr
Another artist whose work seems extremely sharp is Georgina Starr--a performance video she made about seven years ago or so called "Junior" comes to mind especially. She built a little doll of herself, lonely at a sea resort, and filmed herself playing all kinds of games with it. Reminds me of tales with doubles in them, stand-ins, stories of doppelgangers, etc. Anyone else seen it?
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Terri
Registered User
(4/18/01 7:04:21 am)
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Re: Artists and inspiration
Jane, you wrote the following for an exhibition of children's illustration. I jotted it down, and have kept it pinned to the bulletin boards of my various dwellings ever since:
"I have always been jealous of artists. The smell of a studio, the names of the various tools, the look of a half-finished canvas, all shout of creation. What do writers have in comparison? Only the flat paper, the clacketing of the typewriter or the scrape of a pen across a yellow page. And then, when the finished piece is presented, there is a small wonder on the one hand, a manuscript smudged with erasures or crossed-out lines on the other. The impact of the painting is immediate, the manuscript must unfold slowly through time."
I agree with that sentiment whole-heartedly. I'll probably always be a better editor/writer than an artist, alas, but walking into my office just doesn't give me quite the same thrill as walking into my studio, or anyone else's. As you say, the act of creation there is so palpable and immediate.
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janeyolen
Unregistered User
(4/18/01 9:28:27 am)
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Thanks
Oh good, Terri--I never saved that paragraph and have always thought it said rather better than any reconstruction I have since attempted. It was for the Western NEngland Illustrators Guild annual show. I think I will ask my webmaster to put it on my website.
Jane
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sfelix
Unregistered User
(4/18/01 2:43:26 pm)
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Re: Artists and inspiration
There is an artist that I recently discovered that I think should be added to the list, Daniel Merriam. He has does surrealist watercolors. The vivid colors he uses are just breathtaking to me.
I always love picking up a book and discovering a new artist by the art on the jacket.
Sara
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Terri
Registered User
(4/19/01 6:55:48 am)
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Re: Artists and inspiration
Is he a contemporary artist, or a historical figure?
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sfelix
Unregistered User
(4/19/01 2:17:31 pm)
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Re: Artists and inspiration
He is a contemporary artist. I first saw his art on the cover of the Paula Volsky book Grand Ellipse.
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Terri
Registered User
(4/20/01 6:00:36 am)
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Re: Artists and inspiration
Ah, then I know who you mean. That was a nice cover.
Speaking of art, Mark Wagner's got some fine new paintings posted
on the Endicott site this month. www.endicott-studio.com/galdesrt.html
Edited by: Terri at: 4/20/01
6:02:15 am
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