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[lookingland]

the picture of the day is Van Gogh's "Blooming Plum Tree", which is a copy from japanese painter Hiroshige. you can see it compared to the original here. i think it's pretty nifty. love the colors.

if other news, i am still slogging my way through projects (endlessly, it seems). in fact i must go slog even now.

that is all.

: D

p.s. oh! i nearly forgot! it might amuse some of you to read this recent chat interview about Reconstruction over at the EpiGuide: inarticulation ensues.

Comments

[bachsoprano.livejournal.com]

Beautiful painting! I've never seen it before....

And very cool interview - I have to wait to finish it as today's gonna be busy, but I was impressed with the upper case...*wink* (and, I liked reading about Reconstruction came to be - I sort of knew the story, but my brain had a few gaps...)

[lookingland.livejournal.com]

yeah, i was kinda stunned by it too ~ the painting, i mean. i don't remember how i came upon it, but i am glad i did!

: D

[jdalton.livejournal.com]

I like that Van Gogh has no clue about the writing and just comes out with random splotches even when he has a model to copy, but the art- the art he totally gets. It's a universal language, innit.

Also, Hiroshige rocks my socks.

[lookingland.livejournal.com]

i was wondering about that!

of course, after finding this image, i had to go look up Hiroshige and check out all of his pictures. his use of color is phenomenal. i love his oceans.

: D

[jdalton.livejournal.com]

Well some of the words are legible but others are not and he's obviously lacking the basics of character construction that any student of Chinese would learn on day one.

[jdalton.livejournal.com]

Or Japanese, I mean.