tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post112295210083872707..comments2024-03-28T10:32:56.949-05:00Comments on Althouse: The Amsterdam Notebooks—Page 1.Ann Althousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-1123046381622020862005-08-03T00:19:00.000-05:002005-08-03T00:19:00.000-05:00"Zippy the Pinhead's not serious?"It's seriously f..."<I>Zippy the Pinhead's not serious?</I>"<BR/><BR/>It's seriously funny, certainly, and seriously twisted. But the more I think about it, a travelogue by Griffith does make sense, because even in the Zippy comics, he does make some great observations of the human condition.Kevhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01433235586096305061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-1123037803768549512005-08-02T21:56:00.000-05:002005-08-02T21:56:00.000-05:00Menlo Bog: Drawing on a trip makes you look at eve...Menlo Bog: Drawing on a trip makes you look at everything differently. Photography does too, but it's so quick to take a photo. To draw something, you've got to look at it for a long time. You learn it. It's a deep experience, quite engaging, and not like a normal vacation.Ann Althousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-1123025512670311152005-08-02T18:31:00.000-05:002005-08-02T18:31:00.000-05:00those drawings are the most beautiful things I've ...those drawings are the most beautiful things I've seen all day! another reason to look forward to tomorrow.pricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15012739552177578739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-1122997470086863532005-08-02T10:44:00.000-05:002005-08-02T10:44:00.000-05:00Zippy the Pinhead's not serious?Zippy the Pinhead's not serious?Ann Althousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-1122996995224455212005-08-02T10:36:00.000-05:002005-08-02T10:36:00.000-05:00Spending time sketching Amsterdam sounds pleasant ...Spending time sketching Amsterdam sounds pleasant and appropriate. It shows a purpose I find lacking in most vacations. Sightseeing, shopping and eating seem like set-ups for a good nap. Some comments talked about wanting to draw or sing. I suppose singing your way through Amsterdam would be another option.Robert Holmgrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01692106097414753527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-1122996590191254692005-08-02T10:29:00.000-05:002005-08-02T10:29:00.000-05:00I couldn't believe until I clicked on the "Table w...I couldn't believe until I clicked on the "Table with No Flies" link that Bill Griffith of Zippy the Pinhead fame actually produced a more "serious" work.Kevhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01433235586096305061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-1122993477057418232005-08-02T09:37:00.000-05:002005-08-02T09:37:00.000-05:00Paul: I wasn't ignoring your question. I thought t...Paul: I wasn't ignoring your question. I thought the correction of the sign to "Art Rages" would implictly answer it. But yes, "Does it?" relates to "Art Rages." Presumably, the shopkeepers were using "rages" to mean "fads" as in "It's all the rage." I was reinterpreting it as a verb to make an interesting sentence. "Does it?" is supposed to cause you to perceive the reinterpretation and then to wonder whether in fact art does rage.Ann Althousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-1122984972788209022005-08-02T07:16:00.000-05:002005-08-02T07:16:00.000-05:00You have an 'eye' for photography - try some blk&w...You have an 'eye' for photography - try some blk&white stuff with people as your subjects, forget sketchinggoeshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05781857563232791703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-1122982507402610532005-08-02T06:35:00.000-05:002005-08-02T06:35:00.000-05:00Mary: You might need to go to the enlargement to s...Mary: You might need to go to the enlargement to see that the sign says "Art Rages." I didn't make that up. It really was the name of a store. But the sign meant something to me that it probably did not mean to whoever named that store.Ann Althousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-1122955628297372182005-08-01T23:07:00.000-05:002005-08-01T23:07:00.000-05:00Thanks, Chuck. Art school displaced the normal und...Thanks, Chuck. Art school displaced the normal undergraduate education I should have cared about getting. And art school offered very little that you couldn't pick up on your own. It didn't involve any kind of rigorous training. It was mostly just going about doing your own work with various people around you who were also doing their own work. There was also a teacher ambling about, willing to chat with you. All you really need are materials and a place to work and some people to talk to.Ann Althousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-1122955165463789152005-08-01T22:59:00.000-05:002005-08-01T22:59:00.000-05:00Nifty! If I recall correctly (and I may not), in ...Nifty! If I recall correctly (and I may not), in Norm Geras' blogger interview with you, you said going to art school was your biggest regret. Why?chuck b.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00882763861745236443noreply@blogger.com