tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post3405165000206817500..comments2024-03-28T16:36:12.581-04:00Comments on Gurney Journey: Would You Choose Nature without Art or Art without Nature?James Gurneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01870848001990898499noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-54334314259070867092019-03-13T07:16:01.763-04:002019-03-13T07:16:01.763-04:00As i can state that art comes with nature so art i...As i can state that art comes with nature so <a href="https://www.lizzlangart.com/project/large-art-installations/" rel="nofollow"><b>art installation Los Angeles</b></a> is better to keep in mind nature while art as artist make sure of the nature and enchants their inner soul beauty in their art.Charlesjdan123https://www.blogger.com/profile/18297653353115955918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-54116445744493396862019-02-16T06:49:17.603-05:002019-02-16T06:49:17.603-05:00School gave me a taste of the first. I pick nature...School gave me a taste of the first. I pick nature any day.nmsgwatercolorshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01470379361424513156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-20632843234668344232019-02-06T21:27:35.855-05:002019-02-06T21:27:35.855-05:00I love these questions!(Only a real artist could c...I love these questions!(Only a real artist could come with this one,James!)This one is too easy for me though.As a kid,Superman and John Carter of Mars were cool,but I literally wanted to BE Tarzan.I'm deeply in love with art but nothing gives me unfiltered joy like just being in the woods or at a favorite swimming or fishing hole!These hypothetical questions are so deceptively simple though, making you think about relative values,a worthwhile activity.Maybe that's why I love Crystal Bridges Art Museum so much! You kind if have both.....and they have the most wonderful coffee and banana cupcake... ( Judy,you're right.Storm drains are fascinating.)Lynnwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16998512129414551525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-11198506270049022042019-02-05T15:59:06.988-05:002019-02-05T15:59:06.988-05:00Bob: Thank you!
James: Exactly, just as you exemp...Bob: Thank you!<br /><br />James: Exactly, just as you exemplified in your books and blog.Timothy Bollenbaughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08493798661089822651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-87623083784652438062019-02-05T13:08:17.631-05:002019-02-05T13:08:17.631-05:00Jim, thank you for responding so thoughtfully to m...Jim, thank you for responding so thoughtfully to my comment. To be clear, I didn't mean to trivialize the thought experiment but rather to highlight my difficulty with making the decision.<br /><br />Choosing between Art & Nature feels like Sophie's Choice to me, where a woman was forced to choose which one of her two children would be gassed upon arrival at Auschwitz. An unimaginable and paralyzing dilemma. But if I were absolutely forced to decide, I would choose "Nature without Art," believing Nature to be the root of all Art, and pray that Art would one day return.Jim Douglashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11445910147970356728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-76848007956439631772019-02-05T09:30:55.989-05:002019-02-05T09:30:55.989-05:00All salient statements have been made previously a...All salient statements have been made previously already. For me it's outdoors; the self-discovery of a mesmerizing view looking into a storm drain cannot be had pre-packaged. Much of the beauty of life is found tripping over it. Anyway, with this crowd Art would soon be created anew, and we would be hanging it on tree trunks and cave walls! Judy P.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09176284042670900772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-38794115928300446142019-02-05T08:56:28.739-05:002019-02-05T08:56:28.739-05:00Timothy, are you saying that with the right frame ...Timothy, are you saying that with the right frame of mind you could make the most of either option?<br /><br />Nuum, Yes, that option has its appeal. You have the benefit of the filtered consciousness of all artists from the past. And I think we can grant you all the cutting edge VR tech.<br /><br />Jim, If the thought experiment seems overly artificial or unfair, consider that there have been some societies that have virtually banned visual art, dance, and music, usually driven by extreme religious ideology. Alternately there have been free citizens of certain urbanized environments that live most all of their lives indoors with most of their input mediated through the computer and television. Most of us, fortunately can partake of both #1 and #2, which is obviously ideal. But it's good to consider where you fit on this question, when, for example, you're planning a trip for four days to a new country. Do you spend most of your time in the art museum or outside in the real world?James Gurneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01870848001990898499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-78733079131845212682019-02-05T08:45:12.219-05:002019-02-05T08:45:12.219-05:00Suppose you had to choose one of the following two...Suppose you had to choose one of the following two alternatives:<br />#1) breathing in, OR<br />#2) breathing out.<br />What would you choose?Jim Douglashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11445910147970356728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-39460884903336374862019-02-04T22:48:31.303-05:002019-02-04T22:48:31.303-05:00Inside you would watch beautiful documentaries abo...Inside you would watch beautiful documentaries about the outside world in wonderful super high-definition screens. <br />Just imagine a Disney-Style 360 Screen ! This is far better than the outside world.<br />It would be like living outside and be able to fly.<br /><br />Paulo<br />From Rio-Brazilnuumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17749892880444445568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-59935825915096612852019-02-04T21:55:23.256-05:002019-02-04T21:55:23.256-05:00Love your Dinotopian comment, Timothy. I’d opt fo...Love your Dinotopian comment, Timothy. I’d opt for #2 but only If I could live in Dinotopia — thus enjoying the best of both options: Dinotopia is nature <b>and</b> art.Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13036131945152354949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-87727049872372865262019-02-04T16:38:08.327-05:002019-02-04T16:38:08.327-05:00Were Arthur Denison to have washed ashore #2, his ...Were Arthur Denison to have washed ashore #2, his role and a full life awaits. Were he to be interred in #1 he would be researching and contributing to the sources, for others (an artist being the eyes of the archeologist, etc., or something like that, re "Imaginative Realism"). <br /><br />Either way, a vast and staggering range of implications. Either way I'd follow Arthur's example and you statement.Timothy Bollenbaughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08493798661089822651noreply@blogger.com