tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24746593.post4341609419661351199..comments2024-01-06T08:38:28.019+00:00Comments on Blaugustine's Other Blog: ALTERNATIVE UNIVERSALISTSUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24746593.post-24863351636914365082013-08-22T21:28:08.171+01:002013-08-22T21:28:08.171+01:00Lucy, I can well imagine you creating some stripy ...Lucy, I can well imagine you creating some stripy creatures...maybe knitted? Or some other material. Life size? How about a whole Jardin du Paradis de Lucie?<br /><br />Hermetic as in Hermes Trismegistus is very interesting indeed and harks back to my beloved ancient Egypt too.Natalie d'Arbeloffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07757081405040926647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24746593.post-66395909190613882332013-08-22T08:59:53.595+01:002013-08-22T08:59:53.595+01:00What a welter of wonder. I'm especially drawn...What a welter of wonder. I'm especially drawn to Nek Chand's armless stripy people, and feel I would like to make some similar character myself out of something...<br /><br />I hadn't connected the words 'hermit' and 'hermetically sealed' before. The other thing is something to do with Hermes Trismegestis I think, and an interesting coincidence.Lucyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09764296105901909328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24746593.post-41086060738818755402013-08-19T22:24:59.234+01:002013-08-19T22:24:59.234+01:00Hattie, glad you enjoyed my tour.
Real 'outsid...Hattie, glad you enjoyed my tour.<br />Real 'outsider' art is certainly alive and thriving in every corner of the planet. Have a look at the website of the 'Museum of Everything' which has done a lot in the past few years to show work of this kind in various countries.<br />Dubuffet, though I find some of his work really interesting, was really part of the art world and recognised as a 'real' artist whereas most of these people do not belong within that world at all.<br />Natalie d'Arbeloffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07757081405040926647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24746593.post-8919285251995455992013-08-19T20:19:36.155+01:002013-08-19T20:19:36.155+01:00Natalie: The art and the people are wonderful. Suc...Natalie: The art and the people are wonderful. Such a treat to see these things.<br />I'm not sure "true" outsider art, or art brut, exists any more, though. What do you think?<br />BTW: I was just at the Modern Art Museum in Stockholm and saw the dearest Dubuffet, which I'm going to post a photo of when I get the time. Hattiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13297404386730167834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24746593.post-63493340572715444342013-08-16T18:08:53.935+01:002013-08-16T18:08:53.935+01:00Ellena, I'm glad you saw the video. I loved hi...Ellena, I'm glad you saw the video. I loved his bright blue eyes and childlike expression.<br />You're right, there are so many others that are ignored because they don't fit into the mainstream.Natalie d'Arbeloffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07757081405040926647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24746593.post-63846426917878911272013-08-16T16:55:44.854+01:002013-08-16T16:55:44.854+01:00Thanks for adding the Blagdon video. What an inter...Thanks for adding the Blagdon video. What an interesting and loveable character this man was. <br />So many more on this earth that one could pay more attention to before it is too late. Ellenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14965850008354379369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24746593.post-49341222247959016282013-08-15T08:24:38.932+01:002013-08-15T08:24:38.932+01:00Roderick, one of the traits that characterise all ...Roderick, one of the traits that characterise all so-called 'outsider' or 'naive' or self-taught artists/builders/inventors etc. is obsessive and focused discipline and the following of rules - but it's their own rules, obeying their own generally strange, off the wall vision. Creative gushing doesn't really apply to them, obsession does. I think the people you're thinking of are of the let-it-all-hang-out-everything-I-do-is-art type - not at all the same species as the 'savants' featured in this particular exhibition, as you can see if you follow some of the links which give much more information about them.Natalie d'Arbeloffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07757081405040926647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24746593.post-68258656761507231872013-08-15T07:29:07.726+01:002013-08-15T07:29:07.726+01:00Yeah, but somewhere there needs to be proof of dis...Yeah, but somewhere there needs to be proof of discipline. Creative gushes are all very well but I always recall that salutary reminder for writers who dispense with commas and other so-called restrictions: easy writing = hard reading. Art is never easy otherwise there would be no distinctions.<br /><br />Not that some of the works you show don't contain proof of application and organisation.Roderick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16828395545197001637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24746593.post-2034005433633326222013-08-14T14:10:32.596+01:002013-08-14T14:10:32.596+01:00Ellena, yes, underground travel in London is a sou...Ellena, yes, underground travel in London is a source of endless visual surprises. I often want to take photos and don't dare but in this case the strange fuscia-pink-shorts man was asleep and nobody saw me snap the picture. I didn't actually notice the hairy monster next to me.<br /><br />As for the wonderful Emery Blagdon, I've just added a link to a great video all about him - please have a look at it, it's very moving.<br />Natalie d'Arbeloffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07757081405040926647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24746593.post-28263469945855652132013-08-14T13:06:44.203+01:002013-08-14T13:06:44.203+01:00The tube photo also puzzles me. It's undergrou...The tube photo also puzzles me. It's underground travel isn't it?<br />Have not been underground in Montreal for a long time and don't recall any area looking like 1st class, seat-cover wise.<br />And, were you not afraid of the hairy monster sitting on the right hand side?<br />And, I would love to read stories told by people that were healed by<br />Blagdon's machine. Ellenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14965850008354379369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24746593.post-77102070661141059562013-08-14T12:06:18.015+01:002013-08-14T12:06:18.015+01:00Tom,I wholly agree that this kind of work is for a...Tom,I wholly agree that this kind of work is for absorbing on a different level than the intellectual/aesthetic critique one might apply to an art exhibition or even to a scientific exhibition. It's another kettle of fish altogether.<br />By 'if not hermetic' I meant that the dictionary definition: "Impervious to outside interference or influence: the hermetic confines of an isolated life" doesn't really apply in my case, even though I may be some kind of hermit.<br />However, the other meanings of hermeticism certainly do interest me!Natalie d'Arbeloffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07757081405040926647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24746593.post-61131006633225621802013-08-14T11:38:46.465+01:002013-08-14T11:38:46.465+01:00Bruce, I hope you also followed up some of the lin...Bruce, I hope you also followed up some of the links I gave? Not only for more images of some of these people's work but also about their backgrounds which is fascinating.<br />The weird picture I surreptitiously snapped on the tube - such a contrast to the orderly kind of strangeness I had just seen at the Hayward - was too good to resist.Natalie d'Arbeloffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07757081405040926647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24746593.post-12099296523309294002013-08-14T09:07:40.346+01:002013-08-14T09:07:40.346+01:00The more I see of this kind of work, the more I am...The more I see of this kind of work, the more I am convinced that it needs only to be viewed, without opinion-forming, and allow it to do its work deep inside one.<br /><br />I was with you all the way in your first paragraph. Two point sseemed to stand out above the rest; the implied introversion (and what that really means) and the use of the word 'hermetic' - Hermetic?Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09028121782477111901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24746593.post-1694324626252411962013-08-14T03:47:17.382+01:002013-08-14T03:47:17.382+01:00Spectacular artworks, Natalie. Thanks for taking ...Spectacular artworks, Natalie. Thanks for taking us along. I'm not sure about the picture on the Tube.Catalysthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03804837416104556928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24746593.post-52953966924148250252013-08-14T02:42:02.561+01:002013-08-14T02:42:02.561+01:00Ellena, I'm glad you've come along and acc...Ellena, I'm glad you've come along and accompanied me on this walk, even if only from a distance.Natalie d'Arbeloffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07757081405040926647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24746593.post-73744962393841273092013-08-14T01:31:30.779+01:002013-08-14T01:31:30.779+01:00What an interesting road you chose leading to Own ...What an interesting road you chose leading to Own Rhythm Restoration.Ellenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14965850008354379369noreply@blogger.com