Wednesday, June 03, 2020

Twisted and Blue


I've always thought Banyan trees look so eerie. The first time I ever saw one was at the Ringling Bayfront Gardens in Sarasota, Florida. What's the strangest looking tree you can think of?
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Years ago I bought a print of the Blue Madonna by Carlo Dolci that was hanging in the Ringling Museum of Art. Ordinarily something like this doesn't "speak" to me, but for some reason this did...
Do you have a piece of art that appeals to you that isn't in your normal wheelhouse?

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  1. You see eerie. I see magnificent, soothing, timeless beauty. Would love to live in or under it. Reminds me of the beginning of time. The earth and her creation before man started the inevitable spiral of its eventual demise.

    As to art: The Goldfinch. https://johannesvermeer.info/other-research/goldfinch-fabritius-mauritshuis.html

    Not sure why this has become an obsession. I never saw it before I read "The Goldfinch." It captured my imagination. Not once have I ever been intrigues or even cared about a bird painting. But this speaks to me on a level I don't even understand. The talent is remarkable. The subject immensely sad and tragic to me. I probably would steal it if I could...just like in the book.

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    1. I see dead people...oh, wait that's a line from a movie, isn't it? I just imagined being in a forest of banyan trees at night with spider webs and freaking out. Now, to me that's eerie! Yes, they are beautiful specimens. The ones at the Edison and Ford Winter Estate are supposed to be magnificent. I wanna go see them! This damn virus! I hate it!

      The Goldfinch is wonderful. I love birds, but then again I love all animals except squirrels...they eat my birdseed, So they can go fuck themselves!

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    1. OMG! Typos are allowed and I am actually quite fluent in typos. I also don't deduct anything from your overall grade for typos, but I do deduct for poor baking skills!

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  3. I am a tree hugger from way back. Literally and metaphorically. Bottle trees intrigue me.
    And the Ents are the fantasy character I would most like to meet. I still mourn the Entwives.

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    1. Ohhhhhhhhh, a fellow tree hugger. Let's hug a tree together, okay? A big tree so we can social distance, of course! Are bottle trees are same bottle trees that we have here? Okay, I finally found what you were talking about....wow! And here I thought you were talking about something entirely different. My bad! Your bottle trees are strange looking, but I like them! Please look up what I was talking about and you'll get a good laugh I promise or maybe I'll post a picture here for you.

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  4. Baobob: https://usercontent1.hubstatic.com/7339030_f520.jpg

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    1. It didn't let me look at it. What is it? Is it a naked man? One can hope! lol

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  5. No not really but art does speak to me. Either that or it's the gin making me hear things again. I still have to send you a picture...but I have no power, we had a hellish storm come though. Still no power.

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    1. Mistress, you crack me up! Or maybe that's the weed talking to me. Don't worry about sending me the picture. When the lights come on, you'll get it to me I'm sure and then Cecil will have his first moment of love at first sight.

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  6. I love those trees. We don't have anything as beautifully eerie her in Michigan.

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    1. Ah, a new visitor! Yes, you have something as beautifully eerie there in Michigan...you have a GREAT lake and it is GREAT.

      But let's get back to trees...you have one of my all time favorites there and that's the white paper birch. It's a spectacular tree. I painted a picture of a bunch them and it hangs on my livingroom wall. How's that for vanity? Most people hang other artists on their walls and I hang myself. I hang myself doesn't sound very good, but you know what I mean.

      Thanks for dropping by and I hope you come back!

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  7. The first and only big banyan tree I've ever seen is in Lahaina, Maui. It's SO HUGE!

    I like all kinds of art, so nothing surprises me about what attracts my attention.

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    1. Banyans get pretty big. I bet I could get lost in a forest of them easily. Now that sounds like fun as long as I had a peanut butter and jelly sandwich to eat.

      I distract easily so many things catch my eye where art is concerned.

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  8. The live oak because it looks like it's dead.

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    1. Now you're getting down in my neck of the woods. Live oaks are gnarly and can get gigantic and when they have Spanish moss hanging from them they are nothing but breathtaking.

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  9. interesting trees. those mighty redwoods in CA are fascinating.

    art - I have a signed/numbered print of the lyrics to "nowhere man" by john lennon. for many years, I felt like a nowhere man. until 2001.

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    1. I've always wanted to see the redwoods, but I haven't made it to the West Coast yet. I guess I've been saving it for my old age.

      Oh, I'm jealous! How do you have it framed?

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  10. Banyan Trees are Magical Looking, wish we could grown them here! The Desert Boojum is Interesting and grows well here. As for Art, I just bought a Tretchikoff Print on Canvas, my first, I like his Style but hadn't owned one before ordering this online. You just don't find his Vintage Prints anymore, Mid Century Mod being popular they got snapped up by the Retro Decor Crowd.

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    1. I wish they grew in Northern Florida as well, but are the words to the song?
      You can't always get what you want, but if you try sometimes you get what you need...
      Hmmm! I wonder if Mick really knew what in hell he was saying! lol

      I love the lilies and the black art that Tretchikoff did. I love to paint flowers and to also do black art. The skin tones on black skin intrigue me for some reason. I should clarify it and say I love to paint African art.

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