The autobiographical theme in artists’ images can relate to your own life, even elicit it in fresh ways. For example, this seemingly subtle, sensuous image below of two dancers by Dorothea Tanning sparks a not so subtle message and visual experience for me. In contrast to typical male dominant positions in classical tango, the dominant…
Month: July 2024
Learning to See
It’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see. Henry David Thoreau Before Ruth and I started Arting, art was an event – a museum to visit, a gallery to drink wine at, a master or trend to check off the bucket list. I enjoyed art but I filed it away in…
Scandalous Women: An Arting Conversation
One of Shari’s favorite paintings is Madame X by John Singer Sargent. The reason she likes it so much is that is that when it was painted, it had been a scandal. Why? Because it represented a married woman as attractive, sensual and sexual. When we compared this with Gerard van Honthorst’s “Smiling Girl, a…
Letting Go of Expectations
How often have you visited museums and art galleries, alone or with someone? I usually went to museums with a friend who was also interested in art, rarely having the quietude and intimacy of being solitary. We tended to move quickly, commenting to one another quietly, not approximating a conversation until we sat down…often to…
Beards: An Arting Conversation
Ruth and I wanted to share one of our Arting conversations with you. Here is a video of our discussion comparing Albrecht Durer, Portrait of a Boy with Long Beard and Edvard Munch, Head of an Old Man with a Beard, complemented by the poem Beard by Brian Potter. Invitation Into the Conversation We want…
Arting Resources
Arting Resources Over the past four years, we’ve collected and developed resources and questions to support our arting adventures. We will update this regularly and invite you to share resources you’ve discovered that help to find and enjoy art. As you skim these possibilities, choose a few that speak to you now, returning as curiosity…