What Is Art and How It Works
Dear reader, Last week I went to see and hear the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl - a wonderful summer venue for a wonderful orchestra. They were playing Brahm's Double concerto with quest soloists. When I was in high school, I used to have a cassette recording of this piece that I played … Continue reading On a Personal Note 6
Dear reader, This week I'm reading (yes, really reading cover to cover) the exhibit catalog for the Alexander Calder exhibit recently on view at LA County Museum of Art. (See post from May 6) In one of the articles I came across a text that so perfectly illustrates the purpose of this blog, I am … Continue reading I’m not crazy, after all…
Dear reader, A mini-exhibit within the South Asian section caught my attention. Please read the following description concerning it. Please forgive the quality of the pictures - most of them are taken with my iPhone in the quite dark museum environment while trying not to disturb other visitors! Notice the statements: "The ... imagery … Continue reading Tibetan Art – LACMA Visit Continued
Hello, dear reader! Finally, the promised post from my visit to LACMA and South-and-South-East Asian art. To be honest, it was difficult writing this post, because all I saw there were gods' statues - mostly big and bosomed women and strange animal-like creatures carved in stone. The picture on the left is of … Continue reading A Look into South-and-South-East Asian Art
The last few weeks I was looking up South and South-East Asian art to see how it related to religion. I visited the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and it had so many amazing exhibits - I became a member! I went back yesterday to look specifically at Asian art and had such an … Continue reading A Quick Note
Dear reader, I hope at least once in the past two months you wondered what I have been doing instead of writing here! April got busy with work, and May is a month with two big Bulgarian holidays. So there was lots of preparations for the celebrations, namely rehearsals with the folk dance group … Continue reading On a Personal Note 5
Dear reader, I'm going back to a topic I introduced some time ago. It is the connection between art and religion. From what I've read so far, I believe it is correct to say that what we know as art today started with religion - the description and laws of a world visible and invisible. … Continue reading Who were the artists?
I am a big Tom Hanks fan. I like most of his movies, and there are several of them that are my all time favorites.Last night I saw "Saving Mr. Banks." And I loved it. I'm not sure how much of the film was realistic in terms of P.L. Travers' internal struggle with her past … Continue reading Saving (not only) Mr. Banks
Merry Christmas! About two weeks ago, in the spirit of Christmas and the holidays, I was given a ticket to see "The Nutcracker" performed in concert (not the full staged ballet, just the score played live) performed by the Los Angeles Philharmonic with conductor Gustavo Dudamel. Now I knew the score somewhat, and I knew … Continue reading Recent Personal Experience
Thinking back about how I used art as a child, or how I experienced it, here is one example that comes to mind. Now this isn't the earliest memory at all, (it actually came around year 10 of my life), nor would I call it the number one memory, but it is definitely in the … Continue reading I remember…
Art and the Invisible 