tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7640521.post111858488921337524..comments2024-01-06T05:34:00.027-06:00Comments on Blog Meridian: Diego Velazquez, Venus at Her MirrorJohn B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06358811061653958120noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7640521.post-49486620424025165412010-10-10T23:18:15.087-05:002010-10-10T23:18:15.087-05:00The culture of any civilization was shown through ...The culture of any civilization was shown through Statues and Design Toscano is the place where those great things are made and shown to the worldJudyhttp://coupongrove.com/DesignToscano/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7640521.post-1137347620599219852006-01-15T11:53:00.000-06:002006-01-15T11:53:00.000-06:00Those puritan guys ...Isn't it more likely that Ve...Those puritan guys ...<BR/><BR/>Isn't it more likely that Venus is not looking at the beholder but is doing what is usually done with mirrors ?<BR/><BR/>Think about it and then ask a friend to pose like Venus and add a mirror to the scene in the exactly same way as shown on the painting. What will your friend look at in the mirror ?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7640521.post-1118913801143065422005-06-16T04:23:00.000-05:002005-06-16T04:23:00.000-05:00I have seen Eternal Sunshine, John B. And that too...I have seen <I>Eternal Sunshine</I>, John B. And that too, after your recommendation a few months back.<BR/><BR/>It certainly does seem to work along my views.<BR/><BR/>What fascinated me about the film, though, is that it seems to ascertain the idea that we are bound to make the same choices, even after knowing that those choices will be bad ones. This theme is repeated twice in the film: once sutrixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03445894964097613841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7640521.post-1118837585713765642005-06-15T07:13:00.000-05:002005-06-15T07:13:00.000-05:00Thanks to you both for the comments.Sutrix,For som...Thanks to you both for the comments.<BR/><BR/>Sutrix,<BR/><BR/>For some reason your comments reminded me of <I>Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind</I> (have you seen it?) and, as I see it, that movie's exploration of the dynamic between love and memory.<BR/>I need to see that film again.<BR/><BR/>Grobie,<BR/><BR/><I>(it's in the National Gallery in London, don't you know).</I><BR/><BR/>Yeah, John B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06358811061653958120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7640521.post-1118813859419745642005-06-15T00:37:00.000-05:002005-06-15T00:37:00.000-05:00Oh, I don't know, Grobie. I don't even have any de...Oh, I don't know, Grobie. I don't even have any definite idea yet regarding what makes a belief belief, what makes an idea an idea, and what makes a thought a thought.sutrixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03445894964097613841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7640521.post-1118788136512377252005-06-14T17:28:00.000-05:002005-06-14T17:28:00.000-05:00Like you, I've always been quite taken by that pai...Like you, I've always been quite taken by that painting, ever since I first saw it (it's in the National Gallery in London, don't you know). We Brits tend to refer to it as 'The Rokeby Venus', which is about as presumptuous as calling a bunch of ancient Greek statues pillaged from their country of origin 'The Elgin Marbles'. It's just because we're convinced that all great artists are British at Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7640521.post-1118648553128265822005-06-13T02:42:00.000-05:002005-06-13T02:42:00.000-05:00This ties in with my belief that we believe what w...This ties in with my belief that we believe what we want to believe, I think.<BR/><BR/>It is quite interesting when you really think about it: when we love something, we <I>do</I> tend to ignore its flaws in favor of the qualities we love. That, as you said, we love the illusion.<BR/><BR/>And what happens when that illusion is lost? What happens to love then?<BR/><BR/>Interesting indeed.sutrixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03445894964097613841noreply@blogger.com