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jogill
climber
Colorado
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May 14, 2018 - 10:50am PT
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^^^ That's interesting, Reilly. Twenty years ago I visited a church in rural Norway and the pastor pulled back a tapestry behind the pulpit to reveal a similar image of the devil cavorting in an explicit sexual manner with a young maiden. The pastor said his congregation favored not destroying this remarkable imagery from the 1500s.
(Nice project, Mike!)
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NutAgain!
Trad climber
South Pasadena, CA
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May 14, 2018 - 02:31pm PT
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Woah, I had no idea the Grateful Dead were that old. Jerry doesn't even have a beard yet in that pic!
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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May 14, 2018 - 06:56pm PT
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hey there say, lars... wow, neat!! really neat...
mikeL... neat tree art, too!
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phylp
Trad climber
Upland, CA
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May 14, 2018 - 09:06pm PT
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Saw the King Tut exhibit at the Science Center today. It was great.
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justthemaid
climber
Jim Henson's Basement
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May 15, 2018 - 06:57am PT
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Playing chess with the dead... fascinating.
@ Phyl- was it crowded? Dead Sea exhibit had relly annoying crowds- even mid week with a reservation. I'll probably go see the Tut exhibit at the end of the year when I'm doing my stint in LA.
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phylp
Trad climber
Upland, CA
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May 15, 2018 - 08:35am PT
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@ JTM, no it wasn't too crowded at all. Well worth seeing. The artistry and craftsmanship is stunning, especially when you remind yourself of the age of what you are looking at.
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jogill
climber
Colorado
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May 15, 2018 - 01:09pm PT
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The Eye of Nefertiti
This is one of the many intriguing images that have arisen from the unique mathematics I enjoy. I've done my own programming in BASIC to produce them, and they are entirely unpredictable, which makes them examples of what philosophers and scientists call weak emergence. So, to some extent it might be said they arise from the subconscious mind of the mathematical programmer.
Can this be considered art? I am not creating an image in my mind to be coupled with a traditional "talent", like those exhibited by a painter or sculptor. On the other hand, the mathematics I toy with is unique and requires insights and a certain talent to explore and develop. Research mathematics is not solely rational, but is dependent upon epiphanies not completely unlike those of a more traditional artist.
Just curious how you feel about this.
Thanks
(oh, almost forgot. The Nefertiti bust is missing an eye!)
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phylp
Trad climber
Upland, CA
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May 15, 2018 - 01:25pm PT
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Well, I always enjoy your images, They are very pleasing to the eye.
I don’t personally ever feel the need to define if things are “art” or not.
And it’s fun for us to share these things with each other.
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climbrunride
Sport climber
Golf Wall, CO
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May 15, 2018 - 11:41pm PT
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Hey Lars, those are great paintings! Any of them for sale?
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lars johansen
Trad climber
West Marin, CA
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May 16, 2018 - 01:38pm PT
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Absolutely.Best-lars
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i-b-goB
Social climber
Wise Acres
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May 16, 2018 - 03:38pm PT
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This is great bonsai MikeL!
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MikeL
Social climber
Southern Arizona
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May 16, 2018 - 09:19pm PT
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jogill: Can this be considered art? I am not creating an image in my mind to be coupled with a traditional "talent", like those exhibited by a painter or sculptor. On the other hand, the mathematics I toy with is unique and requires insights and a certain talent to explore and develop. Research mathematics is not solely rational, but is dependent upon epiphanies not completely unlike those of a more traditional artist.
I’d say it can be considered art.
Among certain philosophies in India, artistic values can refer to “rasas.” (See, Abhinavagupta.) Rasas are artistic expressions that expose an audience’s own higher consciousness to itself. That is, an artistic performance brings viewers to see consciousness in its pristine form.
If you have generated insights, then you have generated rasas. You have expanded the awareness of consciousness in viewers.
What more could one possibly ask for from an artist?
Be well.
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MikeL
Social climber
Southern Arizona
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May 16, 2018 - 09:29pm PT
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Oh, yeah, and thanks all for the kind comments.
The bonsai will be a major fixture in an installation. These days I'm struggling with the rest of the context / installation so that it doesn't overwhelm the bonsai, so that an expression of harmony results. The other artist is my wife, and our conversations / dialogues end up exposing our views of art and ourselves. Collaboration can be a bitch, a kind of pleasant acrimony in our case--a mirror that exposes many discomforts. We often have to remind each other who's project the one we're working on is. :-D
I'll post an image when I'm finished.
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jogill
climber
Colorado
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May 17, 2018 - 10:03am PT
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Thanks for your replies, Phylp & MikeL.
Anyone watching Picasso on Nat Geo channel?
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Marlow
Sport climber
OSLO
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May 18, 2018 - 08:58am PT
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Cool, made me think of my walking stick...
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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May 18, 2018 - 09:05am PT
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Maybe he could add a skarv to your cane?
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Marlow
Sport climber
OSLO
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May 18, 2018 - 09:06am PT
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As far as I know, it is a skarv head on the cane... a cormoran...
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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May 18, 2018 - 09:19am PT
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Well, the shape is good but skarvor don’t have nostrils in their beak like gjess. 🤓
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