The Sistene Chapel is special. I didn't get into it as much as I might
have. I was distracted by thoughts of our "schedule" of things to do,
and by the throngs of people chattering and taking pictures with
cellphones and P&S digitals on autoflash and periodic loudspeaker
announcements admonishing people to be silent and not take photos. But
it was still quite special to be there for a half hour. I resisted the
photography temptation until near the end when I decided to follow the
adage: "when in Rome, do as the Romans do..."
stan
On Jan 12, 2010, at 7:45 PM, frank theriault wrote:
On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 8:34 PM, frank theriault
<knarftheria...@gmail.com> wrote:
<snip>
Wonderful shots of the Sistine Chapel.
It must have been quite awesome just ~being~ in that space. I
recently went to Toronto's Art Gallery of Ontario for the first time
since the Frank Gehry re-design and it's absolutely amazing. It's
beautifully organized and there is much more art to see. Stood for
about 1/2 hour in front of Tom Thompson's ~West Wind~ (an iconic
Canadian image),
http://g7scans.freehostia.com/thomson_the_west_wind_1917.jpg
then noticed they had the small "original" oil-on-wood-panel study
that he did in the wilderness. Seeing something of the creative
process like that almost took my breath away. The hastily painted
study was so raw, and in some ways much more emotional than the much
larger canvas, but seeing the two near each other was incredible.
I don't mean to take over this thread; I guess my point is that
sometimes "getting into" an artistic space can just take over one's
being. If one image could affect me like that, I can't imagine what
being in the Sistine Chapel would do...
Thanks again for those images.
cheers,
frank
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