Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/03/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Steve, It's funny it never occurred to me to wonder what the words meant. It's not the meaning of the words but the grace and fluidity (and confidence and dynamism) with which they're drawn and with which they make their appearance on the paper that matters. Or so I've gathered from disparate places -- mainly Japanese and Chinese film. It's not a narrative. The combination emphasizes several things, i fyou think about it: Each form demands spontaneity and improvisation within a strict disciplinary 'frame' as it were. But I would venture that the deeper desire to combine the calligraphy with the photograph entails an effort to gracefully bring opposite things together: a very practiced tactile manual creative process with a highly technical or at least mechanical one; the supremely traditional with the ultra modern. This is the great dilemma of contemporary life for anyone who is trying to maintain contact with any sort of harmonious tradition -- distant or near -- in the flood path of late capitalist consumer society. I mean, to simplify: it seems to me Richard is saying: Look, I am this AND this. Not one on Tuesday and the other on Wednesday. I have an argument with the color of the ink but of course the web is not a venue through wihch to judge color. Somehow though the red feels like it's insistently, forcefully holding the two elements apart rather than helping them blend, at least at the edges. But I'm sure Richard has experimented with the color and knows what he wants. Vince On Sat, Mar 13, 2010 at 12:48 AM, Steve Barbour <steve.barbour at gmail.com>wrote: > > > Sent from my iPhone > Steve Barbour > > On Mar 12, 2010, at 5:58 PM, Richard Man <richard at imagecraft.com> wrote: > > Some images are crying out for Chinese calligraphy!! >> > > Errrrr. Why words? Why words that are not understood. (by many)? > > >> :-) Nice work. >> >> On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 2:23 PM, Steve Barbour <steve.barbour at gmail.com >> >wrote: >> >> >>> On Mar 12, 2010, at 2:04 PM, Steve Unsworth wrote: >>> >>> Tina >>>> Regarding the photograph of yours that was selected for the LUF book. >>>> >>>> >>>> The photograph to send a high resolution version of is the one shown on >>>> >>> the >>> >>>> website. I mis-titled it when I originally saved it to disk. Please >>>> >>> submit a >>> >>>> high resolution version of the web photograph - the man sweating ? with >>>> >>> the >>> >>>> correct title to the email address I mentioned in my original email. >>>> >>>> I tried to let you know earlier in the week but I kept getting a message >>>> saying the email couldn?t be delivered. >>>> >>>> Anyone else interested in seeing the photographs that were selected for >>>> >>> the >>> >>>> book can see them here... >>>> >>>> <http://www.steveunsworth.co.uk/Book_2010/> >>>> >>> >>> >>> some wonderful and gorgeous images here Steve, some that seem familiar, >>> >>> how did the LUG do? >>> >>> >>> Steve >>> >>> >>>> Steve >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Leica Users Group. >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> // richard <http://www.imagecraft.com/> blog: < >> http://imagecraft.wordpress.com> >> // portfolio: <http://www.imagecraft.com/pub/PICS/AnotherCalifornia2> >> // mailing lists: <http://www.imagecraft.com/contact.html> >> [ For technical support on ImageCraft products, please include all >> previous >> replies in your msgs. ] >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >