I had the opportunity to see Mark Rothko's "No 2 (Red Maroons)" at the Cleveland Museum of Art. It fascinated me nearly as much as Edward Hopper's NIGHT HAWKS. That being said, probably Gary Larson is my favorite artist and Carrie's "COW" is magnificent.
I saw an exhibition of Gary Larson at the Museum of Natural History in NYC. It was a bunch of his animal cartoons. It was glorious, not to mention hilarious.
When it came to painting flowers, Monet is unsurpassed. I've seen dozens of his sketches and paintings of wheat stacks; but he was never able to draw a cow as well as Gary Larson.
Great cow! Folks who know a little about abstract art seem very concerned with how each particular work relates to contemporary culture as well as the history of art. I think they can be said to experience that inverted-U if conceptual complexity is included with the visual stuff. But yeah, for the rest of us, the cow rules!
Your idea of an “entry point” really grabbed my attention. As a challenge to myself I wanted to try and master the high school algebra that had baffled me. To do that I had to back up to master the basic math skills. Once I got past the first few concepts algebra became a great puzzle game that I actually enjoy solving. Getting to an entry point was the key.
Good read., good words..and makes sense. Curious is a great thing...and since I posses that in bucketfuls...I am able to read complex things and break them down into metaphors...and then translate into simpler terms. Even quantum physics can be broken down into relatable concepts. That is also why we need writers to help "sort" things!!!! You just did that here AND included a cow! A very cute lil cow!
Love the alignment in thinking here Tommy. A couple of weeks back I shared an article on 'What stops us from being curious' and I touch on fairly similar points (especially as someone who's also very 'curious about curiosity'! https://curiositymindset.substack.com/p/what-stops-us-from-being-curious
I'm interested in complexity. For me the complexity draws me in like a moth to fluorescent light. Simple is boring.
I think that we all can learn to become more tolerant of curiosity. It's that current society trains us away from it by making most things easily available. Consider American dogs.
Art, in its abstract from is more about understanding motivation. And about following different paths. People who are great at realism, have an uncanny sense of eye to hand to space coordination. White the abstract artists are more about intuition. If you want to understand abstract art don't think. Just observe and let it speak to you. Kinda how babies learn to speak. Be curious about your intuition.
I had the opportunity to see Mark Rothko's "No 2 (Red Maroons)" at the Cleveland Museum of Art. It fascinated me nearly as much as Edward Hopper's NIGHT HAWKS. That being said, probably Gary Larson is my favorite artist and Carrie's "COW" is magnificent.
Wow, what an honor to even be mentioned in the same sentence as Gary Larson! I am thrilled that you enjoy "COW".
I saw an exhibition of Gary Larson at the Museum of Natural History in NYC. It was a bunch of his animal cartoons. It was glorious, not to mention hilarious.
How I envy you. I would never dare face the traffic of NYC. I had to settle for the Monet exhibit at the Art Institute of Chicago.
Monet is good, but not nearly as funny as Larson.
When it came to painting flowers, Monet is unsurpassed. I've seen dozens of his sketches and paintings of wheat stacks; but he was never able to draw a cow as well as Gary Larson.
Came here for the cow, stayed for the writing. Brilliant (both the cow and the writing).
I like Carrie’s cow 🐮
Great cow! Folks who know a little about abstract art seem very concerned with how each particular work relates to contemporary culture as well as the history of art. I think they can be said to experience that inverted-U if conceptual complexity is included with the visual stuff. But yeah, for the rest of us, the cow rules!
Had me at the cow too! :D
Your idea of an “entry point” really grabbed my attention. As a challenge to myself I wanted to try and master the high school algebra that had baffled me. To do that I had to back up to master the basic math skills. Once I got past the first few concepts algebra became a great puzzle game that I actually enjoy solving. Getting to an entry point was the key.
Good read., good words..and makes sense. Curious is a great thing...and since I posses that in bucketfuls...I am able to read complex things and break them down into metaphors...and then translate into simpler terms. Even quantum physics can be broken down into relatable concepts. That is also why we need writers to help "sort" things!!!! You just did that here AND included a cow! A very cute lil cow!
Love the alignment in thinking here Tommy. A couple of weeks back I shared an article on 'What stops us from being curious' and I touch on fairly similar points (especially as someone who's also very 'curious about curiosity'! https://curiositymindset.substack.com/p/what-stops-us-from-being-curious
I'm interested in complexity. For me the complexity draws me in like a moth to fluorescent light. Simple is boring.
I think that we all can learn to become more tolerant of curiosity. It's that current society trains us away from it by making most things easily available. Consider American dogs.
Art, in its abstract from is more about understanding motivation. And about following different paths. People who are great at realism, have an uncanny sense of eye to hand to space coordination. White the abstract artists are more about intuition. If you want to understand abstract art don't think. Just observe and let it speak to you. Kinda how babies learn to speak. Be curious about your intuition.