Creative Time Table: May 2009

Sunday, May 31, 2009

May 31, 2009 - Breathtaking Performance

Brahms' Violin Concerto movt 3 by Gidon Kremer.

May 31, 2009 - Just Can't Get Enough

Brahms' Capriccio, opus 76 no 2.

May 31, 2009 - More Genius From Brahms

Waltz by Brahms, 1865.

May 31, 2009 - Pure Genius

Brahms' Double Concerto in A minor performed by David Oistrakh and Mstislav Rostropovich. Composed by Brahms in the summer of 1887.

Saturday, May 30, 2009

May 30,2009 - The Treachery Of Images

The first time I saw this a few months ago, I asked myself what it means. Is this some kind of a joke I don't understand? I just forgot about it. As I was going through Rene Magritte's wikipedia entry I got to the part about this image. 'Ceci n'est pas une pipe' is painted below the pipe which means 'This is not a pipe'. This seems fasle but is actually true. The painting is not a pipe but rather an image of the pipe. As Magritte himself commented "The famous pipe. How people reproached me for it! And yet, could you stuff my pipe? No, it's just a representation, is it not? So if I had written on my picture 'This is a pipe,' I'd have been lying!"

May 30,2009 - Rene Magritte Part 2

May 30, 2009 - Rene Magritte Part 1

Painting a bird looking at an egg. Hilarious.

Clothes becoming the wearer. The idea of clothes taking over the life of the wearer.

A feather leaning on The Leaning Tower of Pizza.

May 30,2009 - Vincent van Gogh's Quote

Reading van Gogh's wikipedia entry I came across this hilarious quote by him regarding his doctor -
"I think that we must not count on Dr. Gachet at all. First of all, he is sicker than I am, I think, or shall we say just as much, so that's that. Now when one blind man leads another blind man, don't they both fall into the ditch?"

May 30,2008 - The Cyclops

Out of all the mythical creatures from Greek mythology, the cyclops has to be my favourite. Here the cyclops seems very gentle, very kind. Almost as if it has originated from a fairy tale rather than from Greek mythology. The painting as a whole has to be one of my favourites from Redon. The deep rich hues of the flowers in contrast to the woman hiding from the seemingly gentle cyclops in fear(?) has no doubt helped in the painting appeal to me. And with this I will close my posts on Redon (well atleast for today).