ricdragon: “Painting is the art which reminds us that time and the visible come into being together, as a pair. The place of their coming into being is the human mind, which can coordinate events into time sequence and appearances into a world seen. With this coing into being of time and the …
https://ricdragon.com/2017/05/16/ricdragon-painting-is-the-art-which-reminds-us/
All great Works, the Works that can hold us in their thrall indefinitely, are similarly close to what they are after. The old man’s (Titian’s) painting of dogs, one of Rothko’s late, large paintings of a coloured glow, or a Hokusai drawing of a couple fucking, are all equally close to their aim. …
https://ricdragon.com/2017/03/16/all-great-works-the-works-that-can-hold-us-in/
A drawing of a tree shows, not a tree, but a tree-being-looked-at. … Within the instant of the sight of a tree is established a life-experience. John Berger (via ricdragon) …
https://ricdragon.com/2016/04/26/a-drawing-of-a-tree-shows-not-a-tree-but-a/