tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post4695780415923352943..comments2024-02-11T03:50:53.613-05:00Comments on Counterlight's Peculiars: A Night On The Town With Edouard ManetUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-75564554115372543332008-08-30T14:44:00.000-04:002008-08-30T14:44:00.000-04:00I hope your students have some small inkling of wh...I hope your students have some small inkling of what a fine teacher you are, Counterlight. <BR/><BR/>Having been a music professor in an earlier career, I am quite familiar with the many many blank stares of incomprehension along with the few faces lit up with understanding.Mike in Texashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12324396563818549026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-5122974824126511212008-08-30T14:07:00.000-04:002008-08-30T14:07:00.000-04:00I don't think she has her hand elevated. Maybe tha...I don't think she has her hand elevated. Maybe that is one of those vague things that happened in some of his works, but the elbow does not appear to be bent. But I am just probably seeing it differently. I clicked on it to make it bigger after reading your comment, Margaret.susan s.https://www.blogger.com/profile/03679099677585214433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-62440774553721558042008-08-30T11:43:00.000-04:002008-08-30T11:43:00.000-04:00Why yes, that is her, but she's doing something co...Why yes, that is her, but she's doing something completely different with a different attitude than what she is giving us who look directly at her. Also, she and her reflection do not line up very accurately. If they did, we wouldn't be able to see very clearly either the surrounding nightlife or her transaction with her customer.<BR/>Artists, and movie directors, use mirrors for this kind of drama-in-a-drama all the time.Counterlighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14345956180434795401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-39603288717281823432008-08-30T11:38:00.000-04:002008-08-30T11:38:00.000-04:00Is that really her back in the mirror? I mean that...Is that really her back in the mirror? I mean that's how I've always read it. and,--because, if so, it is kinda like an alice-in-wonderland thing, as that girl's hand is elevated to take something from the man..... yes?it's margarethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13577280471100732619noreply@blogger.com