Tuesday
May012007
civilized ku # 19 ~ an affection for life
Tuesday, May 1, 2007 at 01:46PM 
Spring from my kitchen window • click to embiggenSpring has finally begun in earnest.
In his essay, Truth and Landscape, Robert Adams states; "Landscape pictures can offers us, I think, three verities - geography, autobiography, and metaphor. Geography is, if taken alone, sometimes boring, autobiography is frequently trivial, and metaphor can be dubious. But taken together, as in the best work ... the three kinds of information stregthen each other and reinforce what we all work to keep intact - an affection for life."
Reader Comments (4)
What happened to the contrived vs. spontaneous article?
Chuck - it was removed at the request of one of the subjects
what about the discussion though??? I've got some contrived images you can use?!?!
t'was a good topic. We should start it again.