From:
"Oscar Bearinger" <oscarbear@zzzzzzzzzzzz>
Date:
Sat, 5 Mar 2005 09:35:23 -0500
Subject:
(followup to Don) Tyndall limestone - or surface patterns and form
hi Don, et al
on Feb 28th you wrote:
Quoted text begins.Perhaps a quote from Noguchi would fit into this dialog . . .
"Carving follows the possibilities inherent to the stone.
This collaboration is limited, but the other way is confrontation.
What is required is a certain irrationality which a promising stone
inhibits.
Confrontation may lead to conquest, conquest over oneself, of course,
not the stone.
Art is more this than compromise: to override the inhibitions that
blind."
End of quote.
Thanks for this quote, Don. I do savour paradox and here's another one.
Perhaps a jazz music reference might help here: "a certain irrationality"
is similar to "thinking outside the box." Might I suggest that the
"promise" in a promising stone, is what we have seen in the past. The
irrational element is what we have not yet seen, which will only become
apparent through our actual work on the stone.
A sentence from Gaston Bachelard (French philosopher of the imagination):
beauty can not be "re-produced," beauty can only be "produced."
Your own comments that your work has NEVER turned out exactly as you
anticipated or imagined, but was always somewhat changed through the
working.
I am a green novice at stone work myself, however this is absolutely true
for me in writing poetry -- the poem is always changed. The poem starts
with a seed, and grows into a new, original plant!!!!
You have probably had these thoughts about Noguchi's statement, as you said
you turn this over in your mind. I sure appreciate your comments recently
on the List, very useful in seeing a bit of your perspective on this kind of
work.
And I've enjoyed seeing your work at your site. I will be returning to your
website to look more closely !!
Cheers,
Oscar
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