[lbo-talk] Imperial Chickens Come Home to Roost

Shane Mage shmage at pipeline.com
Mon Nov 15 11:38:24 PST 2010


On Nov 15, 2010, at 1:40 PM, Dennis Claxton wrote:


> At 05:32 PM 11/12/2010, Shane Mage wrote:
>> But what has narrative to do with Painting? Any figurative painting
>> is atemporal, a frozen moment.
>
> A frozen moment with a story behind it.
Behind it, in front of it, to its left, to its right, above it, below it--but *not* *in* it.


> Walk into any medieval cathedral and you're surrounded by stories.
You're surrounded by illustrative objects none of which suggest a story *unless you already know the story they're meant to illustrate*.

Shane Mage

"L'après-vie, c'est une auberge espagnole. L'on n'y trouve que ce qu'on a apporté."

Bardo Thodol



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