tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11838465.post4652611649968383104..comments2024-02-24T18:30:26.749-07:00Comments on prairiemary: CATALOGUE RAISONNE SYMPOSIUM, Oct 20, 2007Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11838465.post-4074841568298378872007-10-22T10:27:00.000-06:002007-10-22T10:27:00.000-06:00Dear Jake, just try to think of paintings as moths...Dear Jake, just try to think of paintings as moths that are holding still.<BR/><BR/>To have burst into tears on sight of a painting in the Prado does not serve as an illustration of your premise at all!<BR/><BR/>Prairie MaryMary Strachan Scriverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00538160009129822362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11838465.post-38246822579683449932007-10-22T09:59:00.000-06:002007-10-22T09:59:00.000-06:00I am dazzled by your erudition, Mary. Seriously. I...I am dazzled by your erudition, Mary. Seriously. I mean it as a compliment. I have always had a problem with the appreciation of art - I mean the stuff I gaze at uncomprehendingly in art galleries - because I always feel so inadequate, I feel I ought not only to KNOW more, but that I ought to FEEL more. Only once was I so moved by a painting that I literally burst into tears, and I was so scared of myself that I just ran out of the Prado and never went back. Maybe when I grow up I will get the hang of things...Jake Allsophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18352337319705848623noreply@blogger.com