[Leica] re: portrait of elizabeth (secrets revealed)

[kididdoc at cox.net (Steve Barbour)]

On Sep 30, 2007, at 3:53 PM, G Hopkinson wrote:

> Kyle, sorry if I have dampened the mystery. Very interesting to  
> read of your inspiration. That's a pretty obtuse reference for most
> of us.

here...

http://www.jssgallery.org/Other_Artists/Andrew_Wyeth/wyeth.jpg

enough for me, I'm out...

Kyles image is a fine photo, with time and discussion it's becoming  
more evident, as it generated a wide range of feelings and reactions,

however my impressions are the correct ones, even though the subject  
and the photographer have not yet admitted it.

Steve



> Fascinating to read what it evoked in those folks that looked and  
> were involved enough to share their opinions on this
> picture. I think no bad thing that you have conjured strong reactions.
> I think, like your Warpaint series, this image benefits from the  
> context information. Or is more comfortable.
>
> Hoppy
>
> -----Original Message-----
> Subject: [Leica] re: portrait of elizabeth (secrets revealed)
>
> Art is often the child of confused parents and finding out its  
> lineage can, in my mind, be ruinous to the final product. Sometimes
> the juxtaposition of influences, random thoughts, bits of this and  
> that, come from various places to create a sum greater than the
> whole of it's parts, sometimes not. For years, as a child, I was  
> drawn to Wyeth's "Christina's World" -- I stared at a copy of it on
> a book cover for years, I had a print on my wall, wondering what  
> she could possibly be doing in that field ... it was baffling and
> filled with possibilities ... when I was a freshman in college  
> someone told me what it was -- the truth, the real deal, that
> Christina was a real person and she was indeed in that field for a  
> very real reason and ... the magic was ruined -- the truth wasn't
> nearly as interesting as my imagination.
>
> as for the portrait of liz
>
>>> http://www.kylecassidy.com/lj/2007/liz-dress1.jpg
>
> if you google "medium" and "ectoplasm" and hit "images" all secrets  
> will become apparent -- maybe the image will get funny, maybe
> it'll be ruined ... maybe it'll seem deeper, and you'll think we're  
> esoteric, or clever, or maybe you just won't care what my
> friends and i do on lazy sunday afternoons when all the netflix  
> have been sent back and the laundry has been done.
>
> But as for Liz, who just turned 34, I'm sure she'll be happy to  
> hear she could pass for 23 :-)
>
> kc
>
>> Oh its a very young girl now lets play that card!!
>> This gal is 23 if she's a day and could easily have three kids and  
>> be well
>> on her way to being a grandmother.
>
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