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| Matisse, Fenetre Ouverte, 1905 |
As discussed in class, the key word for this final week is ANCHOR--
with the following possible combinations:
ANCHOR / REVERE
ANCHOR / SOAR
ANCHOR / PRAYER
ANCHOR / EMBARK
All good combinations--each with its own implications--taking us to a different place. Consider this in your concluding project. This time, you make the choice!
The Matisse (above) came at a point of great and open-ended exploration in his artistic life. Making a painting like this was in fact a risk. He had reached beyond the easily known--the easily acceptable--into new territory, following his own need, his own necessity. A view through an open window...
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Jorge Luís Borges: “For me—simply because I'm a coward myself—bravery is an essential virtue.”
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The end of a semester always has its own character. I used to conclude with EMERGE--a noble word, filled with possibility. But to me, right now, there's something almost pretentious about the self-immersion. That this is a time demanding something more outward--facts as they exist, meanings that we share... Reaching for them, at the least...
