tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16327517.post1566410418581445688..comments2024-03-26T19:19:35.144+00:00Comments on Eolake Stobblehouse thoughts: Gogh's lettersEolake Stobblehousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07126147415891586345noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16327517.post-51420175327493530952011-05-05T09:59:38.937+00:002011-05-05T09:59:38.937+00:00that's nice letter
and how do you feel if you ...that's nice letter<br />and how do you feel if you get osama and obama letter ?kresilhttp://www.kresil.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16327517.post-27650869315198368562008-12-24T19:16:00.000+00:002008-12-24T19:16:00.000+00:00I didn't think so. I really did find what he wrot...I didn't think so. I really did find what he wrote rambling and incoherent. That combined with someone pretending to superiority over another group (I am not into sports either, but I know that not all "jocks" are stupid and certainly not all professional athletes) maybe causes me to be less charitable than I might normally be.<BR/><BR/>I'd say he was being the asshole, not me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16327517.post-31996884503099490482008-12-24T13:46:00.000+00:002008-12-24T13:46:00.000+00:00Are you in asshole mode this week, Joe?Are you in asshole mode this week, Joe?Eolake Stobblehousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07126147415891586345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16327517.post-79716690913260777602008-12-24T13:33:00.000+00:002008-12-24T13:33:00.000+00:00We may not make as much money, but we are, as a gr...<I>We may not make as much money, but we are, as a group, surely smarter than the average "Pro Athelete"?</I><BR/><BR/>Some maybe. I hope that the rambling incoherence of your post here is due to English being a second language for you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16327517.post-6112702865329874152008-12-23T20:19:00.000+00:002008-12-23T20:19:00.000+00:00"Did Leonardo or Michelangelo only care about that..."Did Leonardo or Michelangelo only care about that?"<BR/><BR/>Wel... to a large degree, yeah! <BR/><BR/>The rest of your post, fair enough, I can see that viewpoint.Eolake Stobblehousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07126147415891586345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16327517.post-50340286595243823332008-12-23T18:36:00.000+00:002008-12-23T18:36:00.000+00:00I suspect Vincent was amongst the pioneers of thos...<I>I suspect Vincent was amongst the pioneers of those appreciating the importance of seeing art as being something else than skillful copying of the world.</I><BR/><BR/>That's not new. Did Leonardo or Michelangelo only care about <I>that</I>? Pf course not. And they were two whose genius dwarfs someone like van Gogh, who is really not much better than Constable with abysmally poor technique and lacking the passion of someone like Turner.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16327517.post-8678231598347804312008-12-23T11:45:00.000+00:002008-12-23T11:45:00.000+00:00That's odd, it used to be! I can't believe I coul...That's odd, it used to be! I can't believe I could accidentally delete it - I mean, I have a Ph.D. for fuck's sake! (Last one, really!) ;-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16327517.post-67232334501807232552008-12-22T20:43:00.000+00:002008-12-22T20:43:00.000+00:00Hey, how come my blog is not on your "blogs I watc...Hey, how come my blog is not on your "blogs I watch" list!? :-)Eolake Stobblehousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07126147415891586345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16327517.post-39548429538335616872008-12-22T20:42:00.000+00:002008-12-22T20:42:00.000+00:00Perfectly fine with me. Art can never be anything ...Perfectly fine with me. Art can never be anything but subjective, and I've admitted publicly that I don't get the hullabaloo around Shakespeare, so who am I to throw stones. :-)Eolake Stobblehousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07126147415891586345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16327517.post-9965797036407835492008-12-22T20:38:00.000+00:002008-12-22T20:38:00.000+00:00Am I too much of a philistine if I say that I don'...Am I too much of a philistine if I say that I don't like his work? I've given it a fair chance. I've read quite a bit about him and his paintings. I just don't get what's supposed to be so special. And that's coming from a guy with a Ph.D.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16327517.post-88865600435274390702008-12-21T23:51:00.000+00:002008-12-21T23:51:00.000+00:00To be sure Vincent did not suffer fools gladly. I ...To be sure Vincent did not suffer fools gladly. <BR/><BR/>I haven't heard of any general notion of artists being morons. Weirdos maybe.Eolake Stobblehousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07126147415891586345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16327517.post-80532108854851005842008-12-21T23:29:00.000+00:002008-12-21T23:29:00.000+00:00Well, I started to leave a comment, and it was goi...Well, I started to leave a comment, and it was going to be involved, and learned, witty, but I got lost in my own version of the inability to sell my art; though I feel no need to remove an ear; but, well, what if, maybe; ahhhhh, PFUI, nuts, and now I've gone to historical allusions.<BR/><BR/>Vincent's problem, is that he was a self-rightous prig, who outside of family, few could tolerate. That has nothing to do with his art. There seems to be a small connection between basic social skills and the ability to sell.<BR/><BR/>That last statement really scares me.<BR/><BR/>And where did the notion of artist as moron come from?<BR/><BR/>We may not make as much money, but we are, as a group, surely smarter than the average "Pro Athelete"?<BR/><BR/>BronAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03678007590071102968noreply@blogger.com