tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1265792817762899253.post8191085909422490022..comments2023-04-07T03:46:10.167-04:00Comments on Every Page of Moby-Dick and more...: HEART OF DARKNESS, page 001Matt Kishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00146374807705850842noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1265792817762899253.post-82771953576027580302012-04-25T14:44:54.565-04:002012-04-25T14:44:54.565-04:00You know how totally incoherent my thoughts on Hea...You know how totally incoherent my thoughts on <i>Heart of Darkness</i> are, so I can only hope they've been on your mind in a useful way. This illustration makes me feel as if I'm in good critical hands.RFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02496214708145098381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1265792817762899253.post-12781044795436463162012-04-25T09:05:55.553-04:002012-04-25T09:05:55.553-04:00RF, many thanks, I'd been thinking quite a bit...RF, many thanks, I'd been thinking quite a bit about some of your thoughts regarding this project (especially in terms of race, which will be a factor very soon) so I am strangely relieved this one went over well with you. And, as always, your comments are quite perceptive.Matt Kishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17854685960260054407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1265792817762899253.post-39643286704402922492012-04-25T09:04:38.310-04:002012-04-25T09:04:38.310-04:00Or should I be pretentious and type Art?Or should I be pretentious and type Art?Matt Kishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17854685960260054407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1265792817762899253.post-77360341122003274332012-04-25T09:04:13.510-04:002012-04-25T09:04:13.510-04:00Thanks Tony and you are right, the decision and th...Thanks Tony and you are right, the decision and the second-guessing and the conceptualizing was agonizing. I am so glad that the road ahead is clearer. And for this project, I will not be mirroring the gruesome horrific page-a-day pace of the "Moby-Dick" project. My wife, my life, my sanity and the summer are too important to me. I don't want to lose them all, not even for art.Matt Kishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17854685960260054407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1265792817762899253.post-73752799566371893942012-04-24T14:48:26.344-04:002012-04-24T14:48:26.344-04:00Admired, loved, and FUCKING LOVED the illustration...Admired, loved, and FUCKING LOVED the illustrations, in that order. I love that the vines resemble lightening and appear to move like it as well.RFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02496214708145098381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1265792817762899253.post-66964489317958723452012-04-24T10:28:26.397-04:002012-04-24T10:28:26.397-04:00I like all three so I'm certain it was difficu...I like all three so I'm certain it was difficult choosing the first page to start this journey. But I can see why you chose the final piece over the other 2. Keep up with the sanity with this project... I guess I'll see you in 2013?Tonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14323051761552164782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1265792817762899253.post-81304874429670825062012-04-24T10:05:21.412-04:002012-04-24T10:05:21.412-04:00Also, the official illustration for page 001 was v...Also, the official illustration for page 001 was very directly (and perhaps obviously) inspired by this...<br /><br />"The eyes are not here<br />There are no eyes here<br />In this valley of dying stars<br />In this hollow valley<br />This broken jaw of our lost kingdoms<br /><br />In this last of meeting places<br />We grope together<br />And avoid speech<br />Gathered on this beach of the tumid river"<br /><br />...and Eliot's connection to "Heart of Darkness."Matt Kishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17854685960260054407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1265792817762899253.post-65469777298167298292012-04-24T10:04:22.534-04:002012-04-24T10:04:22.534-04:00This is the 1100th post. Odd. And unintentional.This is the 1100th post. Odd. And unintentional.Matt Kishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17854685960260054407noreply@blogger.com