In Which Things Are Explained, But Not Revealed
posted by tearful dishwasher at 7:01 PM
Monday, July 18, 2005
About Me
- Name: tearful dishwasher
- Location: U.S. Outlying Islands
Fully engaged in the whole catastrophe
Previous Posts
- Deja Vu or Something Like It
- Up Late
- Noelle
- Welcome to the Center of The USA
- MECHANISM OF THE YELLOW CHAIR
- Two sides of the same coin
- Ms. Finch Visits the Bucket of Blood
- Ugly
- The Fallible Gods
- Dirty Martini
11 Comments:
wow, this is beautiful...you really bring out the character of the person you are collaging! that is a talent.
Well, that's a wonderful thing for you to say.
I have to admit to being very intimidated at the prospect
of tackling her as a subject. But I think I did not do her a disservice.
I am thrilled beyond all mentioning that she agreed to
"sit" for me.
Thanks for stopping by and commenting, Jill. I truly value your input.
yrs-
Scott
I don't know scott... that's not the woman I met in the book store last month.... she was more... ummm
...regardless - your work full
of colour &
VN! &&.. the blog... different
reading.. yes
ThX for sharing these
Well, your comment is not exactly....specific in how I
failed to capture her... I may have missed
the mark significantly, but I stand by my take on her
here. It may not match the woman you met, but
it is a good representation of the one I know, at least
as I know her.
Anyway, really glad you stopped by, and I'm jealous that I couldn't be there with the two of you...I want to meet all of you in person, I really do.
But for now, this is as close as I can get.
All the best-
Scott
All the BESt!! what's that?
You want a three-some? But! you're married? and gaylee I might read
here!
Oh No! your depiction of Natalka is all that I'm sure. All
I'm saying is that's not the person I met in the book store last month, to tally diferent ok? don't be so paranoid, huh? have a some ice cream wouldja...
your blog is lovely Scott..
I've a brother named Scott..
won't tell the nick i've named him..
take care dahlin
I wonder why so many of your subjects end up in the lower right hand corner. I recall in art school, before I dropped out, ha ha, that one of the instructors spoke about proper versus improper--effectiver versus ineffective, the better words--placement of a subject withthin the frame, and about using negative space to create tension. I tended to always place my subjects dead center and wasn't aware I was doing so until that instructor pointed out this flaw in my work. Even after I knew I shouldn't do it, I'd still stick subjects dead center. I don't know why. I think as with my poetry, I didn't trust the viewer to see what I'd painted or drawn, so I'd put it smack in the middle where everyone could see it.
So.....why is that all, or most of your subects end up in the lower right hand corner. Certainly, it creates an imbalance on the "canvas" and too, that placement creates an enormous amount of negative space and tension contained therein. Are you aware of this placement, Scott? Are you consciously putting all these folks so close to the edge, almost out of the picture? If so....tell me why you're doing it. And if not...maybe muse on why you're doing it, eh?
I love them all. I think each of these collages reveals so much about the subject yet contains a latency that's nearly explosive.
One of these days I''ll send you a photo of me and see what you see in me.
Have you done Lynze yet? Or Djuana? Or Jack? Or Jenni?
Or....yourself? Gosh, I'd love to see your self-portrait.
lk
scott, i tried to leave a comment last night but for some reason my sigablog didn't take. this is one of your finest, i think. and for some reason, despite its overload of print and the ominous vesuvian headline, not to mention the apparent camera shyness of the subject, it is a very affecting and human and warm piece, one that makes me smile. excellent.
Laurel-
As far as the placement of the subject matter goes, it just feels right to me, most of the time, and you are right, it does have to do with tension. I feel a magnetic pull back toward the center of the image and then a pull back out toward the edge...plus for me the 'sitter' is not the subject of the piece, it is the interaction between the sitter and the background, the dynamic interplay there is where all the action is.
I've posted all the sandboxers I've gotten to so far. Send me your pic and I'll get going on one...the offer is always open.
Great to hear from you, as always.
Djuana-
Glad you liked this, gladder still that you'll send along some pics for me to work with. This is so much fun.
yrs-
Scott
Jim-
Well, it's hard to go wrong with Nat- so much life and
joy and contradictory impulses.
A rich canvas for a rich woman.
Glad you liked this one.
There's no doubt that this group of poets makes for great work- knowing them as I do, or those parts of themselves they have chosen to display on line, makes them sparkle and glow with all of this light- they let me know where they want to go and things start to happen right away....
what could be more fun?
yrs-
Scott
if you'd crack open a geode labeled 'nat', this is what you'd find.
---arabian nights, joseph's coat of many colors and a smattering of the kama sutra.
yep. nat...
k.
Karen-
Cool, cool.
Thanks a ton.
yrs-
Scott
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