tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-151589473709505648.post5991109234330321941..comments2024-03-28T07:52:07.647-04:00Comments on venezia blog: 7 Views of the Festa della Madonna della Salute, TodaySteven Varni, aka Sig. Nonlosohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10066672605318740533noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-151589473709505648.post-75045779070596274292017-11-28T13:40:32.021-05:002017-11-28T13:40:32.021-05:00I must admit, with embarrassment, Ella, that someh...I must admit, with embarrassment, Ella, that somehow I managed to miss much of the Biennale, but I did hear more than a few people say, like you, that they found it disappointing. It seems Damian Hirst succeeds as spectacle at least, but not everyone finds that enough in itself to be satisfying. A very fine artist and writer named Lori Ellison wrote about being moved by art whose "proportion is based on the lyric, not the epic--that is where the juice lives" (http://www.mckenziefineart.com/exhib/ellison2015_16exhb.html) and a show like Hirst's reminds me of the validity of her point. Steven Varni, aka Sig. Nonlosohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10066672605318740533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-151589473709505648.post-12141484089498965022017-11-28T13:33:22.230-05:002017-11-28T13:33:22.230-05:00Thanks very much, Yvonne: it was merely the produc...Thanks very much, Yvonne: it was merely the product of sheer desperation as I tried to figure out how not to take exactly the same shots I'd taken in prior years. Steven Varni, aka Sig. Nonlosohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10066672605318740533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-151589473709505648.post-59465831963063346302017-11-25T11:35:50.424-05:002017-11-25T11:35:50.424-05:00Just back from Venice and many of the Biennale thi...Just back from Venice and many of the Biennale things seen around seemed really weird this time! Not as interesting as previously. Don't rate Damien Hirst, either.<br />Love the reflecting lenses shot - agreed, great.Ella Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15651842165614832456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-151589473709505648.post-89157414050800003002017-11-23T17:14:06.530-05:002017-11-23T17:14:06.530-05:00The shot with the candle light reflected in the sp...The shot with the candle light reflected in the spectacles was a brilliant capture!Yvonnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09741846472177100265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-151589473709505648.post-47649689628251135482017-11-22T19:28:52.878-05:002017-11-22T19:28:52.878-05:00What fun! Beautiful photos! Thanks for sharing.What fun! Beautiful photos! Thanks for sharing.learntravelitalianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03212831370063789027noreply@blogger.com