Quick read. This is the type of essay that succinctly pulls together a few strands in a fascinating narrative, and ends up being perfect. The strands are things that I'm particularly interested in at the moment. It's about collecting art, even when you can't really afford to. Perhaps especially when you can't afford to. Something I can relate to! It's about acquiring an art work because you really like it, and you don't care what anyone else thinks about it. It's about the artist Philip Guston, whose work I love. Guston's later large paintings on the surface could be considered quite ugly, but it's beautiful-ugly, something I admire in art. All of the experienced artists I've spoken with really love Guston, something about the way he uses paint. It's about the endless regret of reluctantly parting with something you love. (A lesson I've learned from selling off parts of my record collection in the past. I will never part with any of my art collection! Although I'll gladly part with any art that I create, because again a lesson I've been taught is to let your own work go). And finally the article is about delving, really quite deeply, into the meaning of a simple drawing. Via poetry. And the article contains a line that's quite similar to the type of advice that my current drawing teacher Pam gives: "this enigmatic drawing came from the simple acts of looking, seeing and remembering simple objects that were familiar to the artist."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-seed/mazurki-the-multiple-mean_b_799875.html
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