Saturday, May 20, 2006

Writing and Graphics

My impulse to write gets absorbed 


by message boards related to reading


and writing, writing letters, and what's


left over gets put here. There's not much


'here' here.


 


Frequently I wonder if I should give


in and put up commented upon graphics,


photos, family, and so on. Is the


expenditure of time and energy worth


the trouble? I've always been more


interested in writing than I have been


interested in graphics. For that reason


I'm much more interested in proving that


Damn Dan Brown can't write, than I


am in proving that Brown knows almost


nothing about Leonardo and the history


of painting. The fact that Leonardo used


a mirror, and/or the reader must use a


mirror, to read his writing has nothing to


do with any kind of "code." Suggesting


that Mary Magdelene was at the last Supper


is simply and literally stupid.  


 

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

Barry I do not believe you have nothing to write about ~ I would love to see some graphics in your journal and I would also like to see some pictures of your family of course it would be worth the energy ~ did you see the programme on Claude Monet a triology it was brilliant ~ I could have watched it for a long time to come so sad it has finished ~ but all good things come to an end ~ Ally

Anonymous said...

Thanks Ally. An additional problem
is that I can't control the size of my
Entry window. I must double-space
or each line won't fit on the screen.
There's a glitch in my software,
requiring correction. I'll get to it.

Barry

Anonymous said...

For all the hoop lah, I thought Dan Brown wrote an interesting little book for cold, rainy day reading. Explains why Hanks and Co. are chuckling all the way to the bank. And why my checking account is anemic Silly me! I'm more interested in who made the meal. What was served? Who did the serving? After all, I would think a Last Supper would include nosy details like that. Even those facing the gas chamber must realize their menu choices are released to the salivating masses.
True information. It is SO under rated!

Anonymous said...

It's true, karerh99, that I've
become tightly wound re Damn
Dan's execrable book, his cowardly
attack on his betters, and in an
unthinking mood at a different
period of my life I too could have
accepted his yarn as just another,
ill-written escapist, "rainy afternoon"
diversion.  Thanks fior your Comment!

Barry

Anonymous said...

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Anonymous said...

The New Yorker review
written by Anthony Lane
exploded and exposed the
writing of the book as drivel.

Barry

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