tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post1731411288099988643..comments2024-02-11T03:50:53.613-05:00Comments on Counterlight's Peculiars: Bacon May Be Dead, But He's Still ControversialUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-45127741794182060032009-06-14T16:10:30.839-04:002009-06-14T16:10:30.839-04:00Revealing dimensions, points of observation, narra...Revealing dimensions, points of observation, narratives...that´s different than brutal carnage...I recently, last year, painted a San Miguel, The Archangel...he was my second and a smaller format than the first...how I was tempted, just thinking mind you, about painting in some folks I thought he might smite as evil...well, I didn´t (thought it wasn´t up to me to decide that one) but the San Miguel when finished was really vicious looking and kind of scared me (and others)...I didn´t change a thing and the couple that commissioned it loved it (or at least said they did)...my point is that the POWER against perceived evil revealed itself in my work even when I was holding back from being obvious...I was obvious, it was obvious.<br /><br />Thanks for the this, it helped me:<br /><br />¨What I so admire about Bacon is his testimony that these same brutal passions that drive criminal impulses also drive so much of history. Beneath the complex ideologies and the simple slogans is a cold carnivorous will to do harm.¨ CounterlightLeonardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16667415590825321701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-42408147447683557862009-06-14T11:01:50.238-04:002009-06-14T11:01:50.238-04:00How I agree!How I agree!Göran Koch-Swahnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00925549945659350649noreply@blogger.com