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What are your thoughts if I don't find it compelling? Is that the end of it, or is there some reason for me to keep seeking emotional resonance in it?
by jfengel 2y ago
What are your thoughts if I don't find it compelling? Is that the end of it, or is there some reason for me to keep seeking emotional resonance in it?
- bigstrat2003 2y agoI mean, it's just random splashes. I don't think there's a reason to convince yourself that there is some compelling hidden meaning to it.
- mturmon 2y agohttps://www.goodreads.com/quotes/29103-try-to-be-one-of-those-on-whom-nothing-is https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/29103-try-to-be-one-of-thos...
- jfengel 2y agoThat is a really good point. I've put a lot of effort into understanding things that didn't appeal and some of them are now very meaningful to me. I thought literature was absurd and now I direct Shakespeare plays. So... I'll think on that.
- noirbot 2y agoIt's not any more random than where you happen to be standing in relation to the clouds at sunset. There's plenty of days that doesn't have any emotional resonance to me, but some days it does. I wouldn't dwell on it, and if you happen to see a piece in person some day, maybe it strikes you differently.
- jfengel 2y agoI haven't spent much time with Pollock, but I've seen an awful lot of Rothkos. Very different style but similar levels of "that looks like it took no thought and has nothing to say". I'm content to say Rothko isn't for me, but I'll reserve judgment on Pollock until I can spend more time in those galleries.