Art

I love art.  Almost any style or period actually!  All I care about is that it captures my emotion and not just my attention.  

Over yonder on the right, you can see Dante and Virgil in Hell by William-Adolphe Bouguereau in 1850.  This is touted as Bouguereau's masterpiece of dynamic composition.  I must admit, I had to look up it's history.  It is a scene from Dante's inferno.  "In the Fifth Circle of Hell, on the banks of the River Styx, those damned for the sin of wrath fight each other through eternity, while the sullen and slothful languish helplessly.  Dante and his guide through Hell, the ghost of the poet Virgil, observe from the left, while a demonic angel watches over al.  Note the striking similarity of the demon's appearance to the concept of Vlad's bat-like form in Francis Ford Coppola's Bram Stoker's Dracula".  

Why is this here?  Again, I like art that makes me feel.  If we look back through time, we can see issues within man (and of course woman as well) that tend to still have significance today.  I see these two men in a fighting stance, yet they appear to be kissing.  Not to take away from Dante's Inferno, but could this be a struggle the artist himself was having?  Is there deeper meaning to these two nude men?  Alas, this is what I call good art, for I can pull from it my own conclusions and emotions.  I think it would be quite something to know Bouguereau in real life. 

Onto another work which I am quite fond of.

Donald E. Brown did this piece of our little Oscar.  If you would like to see more of his work please visit his site at http://www.donaldebrown.com/gallery.htm.  This piece was done in 2007 as a gift for my partner.  We also have another painting of Barney, our previous family member.  

Art is what you make of it, literally.  Take a moment of your time and create something.  Paint, draw, write, dream, take a photo, even fold grocery bags into something unique.  However it turns out, if it catches your emotion, keep it and be proud.  Seriously, there are items in my home (and including my home) that I myself created, but most people don't even know!  In time, when you look back at your creation, it will be as a marker placed to hold a memory of time.  

Oh, for some reason, I have taken it upon myself to rush head strong into technology.  I have also just created a web site for Oscar, his friends, and those before him.  It is pretty basic, as it is my first attempt, but feel free to pay it a visit.  Just drop in and say hi to Oscar!

ps - Hey, SSG, and all of her fabulous readers.  There was a Fireman fashion show here in Portland!  Check it out!  Art for SSG!