tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post3212723728592294911..comments2024-03-28T06:18:17.942-04:00Comments on Gurney Journey: Art and IdeologyJames Gurneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01870848001990898499noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-78275054850980357652023-07-30T15:31:30.050-04:002023-07-30T15:31:30.050-04:00awesome topic ,come back later to read moreawesome topic ,come back later to read moreAdminhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12559008388077509188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-53491161926561668272020-06-17T05:58:49.380-04:002020-06-17T05:58:49.380-04:00James, great topic!
I recommend "Sculpting in...James, great topic!<br />I recommend "Sculpting in Time" by Andrei Tarkovsky, an immensely talented Russian filmmaker (Stalker [1979], Solaris [1972] etc.). Part autobiography, part philosophical treatise on filmmaking and art in general. It's a dense book that applies to all art, not just film. <br /><br />From the book:<br /><br />“The allotted function of the artist is not, as is often assumed, to put across ideas, to propagate thoughts, to serve as example. The aim of art is to prepare a person for death, to plough and harrow his soul, rendering it capable of turning to good.”<br /><br />“The function of the image, as Gogol said, is to express life itself, not ideas or arguments about life. It does not signify life or symbolise it, but embodies it, expressing its uniqueness.”Aljosahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15673775278157810352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-43111446213838967232020-06-13T18:41:47.476-04:002020-06-13T18:41:47.476-04:00Great question, James. On the "recommend"...Great question, James. On the "recommend" front, and not specifically about art (but all about art), Robert Pirsig's <i>Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance</i> was the first book that got me thinking about what is good, what is not good, and why do I like what I like. Also, <i>The Art Instinct</i> by Denis Dutton is a thoughtful discussion of art and aesthetics from the perspective of human evolution, which is always intriguing.Drake Gomezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09008337414084502800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-11675268062498830222020-06-13T13:24:26.617-04:002020-06-13T13:24:26.617-04:00A tad bit off-topic, but I was just thinking of yo...A tad bit off-topic, but I was just thinking of your two books: Color and Light and Imaginative Realism in reference to markers. I want to buy a small set of markers from Amazon and was wondering whether you had any opinions concerning Berol vs Copic markers? Or are there others, not necessarily big names, you could recommend?Timothy Bollenbaughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08493798661089822651noreply@blogger.com