tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8688985608113733946.post4182605446853207149..comments2023-11-02T09:12:33.204-04:00Comments on Helquin Artifacts: Abstract Household #2Helquinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05391360050516551469noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8688985608113733946.post-50561516573414077452007-10-07T14:00:00.000-04:002007-10-07T14:00:00.000-04:00Ah, thank you: you have stated more precisely wha...Ah, thank you: you have stated more precisely what I was struggling to say in the later <A HREF="http://helquinartifacts.blogspot.com/2007/10/stolen-idea-iii.html" REL="nofollow">Stolen Idea III post</A> about patina. It's an ambition I don't often accomplish, but the most successful patina images provoke that disorientation about "what's going on" so that beauty isn't mediated by our reflex to name, categorize and file away. I think some of Steve Durbin's patina photographs just <I>ache</I> with that kind of immediate/unmediated beauty.<BR/><BR/>I'm hoping my own snapshots will start to nudge my painting in that direction...Helquinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05391360050516551469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8688985608113733946.post-18106983583387382162007-10-07T01:43:00.000-04:002007-10-07T01:43:00.000-04:00The top image is priceless.It took me minutes to f...The top image is priceless.<BR/><BR/>It took me minutes to figure out what was going on , and even then, it flipped back into beauty.Steven LaRosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11932068647330025855noreply@blogger.com