Comments on: Two Madonnas http://www.anchormast.com/2008/10/14/two-madonnas/ Your house shall not be an anchor but a mast - Khalil Gibran Tue, 17 Jan 2012 23:42:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: lucy http://www.anchormast.com/2008/10/14/two-madonnas/comment-page-1/#comment-42994 lucy Tue, 21 Oct 2008 14:50:41 +0000 http://www.pilgrimsmoon.com/?p=79#comment-42994 so fun to see how "real" artists create :-) i am reminded of when i homeschooled jonathon and asked him to draw from one of the masters. in my humble opinion, his pencil drawing was actually more interesting and intriguing than the 'original'. inspiring!! so fun to see how “real” artists create :-) i am reminded of when i homeschooled jonathon and asked him to draw from one of the masters. in my humble opinion, his pencil drawing was actually more interesting and intriguing than the ‘original’. inspiring!!

]]> By: Tess http://www.anchormast.com/2008/10/14/two-madonnas/comment-page-1/#comment-42993 Tess Fri, 17 Oct 2008 19:49:16 +0000 http://www.pilgrimsmoon.com/?p=79#comment-42993 Hi Susanna, welcome. Well, that's us English you know, sneaky!! Toronto was on my list of places to visit anyway, and there's another reason. Hi Susanna, welcome. Well, that’s us English you know, sneaky!! Toronto was on my list of places to visit anyway, and there’s another reason.

]]> By: susanna http://www.anchormast.com/2008/10/14/two-madonnas/comment-page-1/#comment-42992 susanna Fri, 17 Oct 2008 13:33:59 +0000 http://www.pilgrimsmoon.com/?p=79#comment-42992 Sneaky, sneaky, Mr.Moore! You know, there's an entire wing of his sculptures at the Ontario Gallery of Art in Toronto, Canada. The gallery is attached to the Ontario College of Art & Design where I studied photography. Anyway, there are some wonderful sculptures in that room...sheep, figures reclining... Sneaky, sneaky, Mr.Moore! You know, there’s an entire wing of his sculptures at the Ontario Gallery of Art in Toronto, Canada. The gallery is attached to the Ontario College of Art & Design where I studied photography. Anyway, there are some wonderful sculptures in that room…sheep, figures reclining…

]]> By: Tess http://www.anchormast.com/2008/10/14/two-madonnas/comment-page-1/#comment-42991 Tess Wed, 15 Oct 2008 19:07:14 +0000 http://www.pilgrimsmoon.com/?p=79#comment-42991 Barbara Anne - I like the new differentiation of your name, reminds me of the old Beach Boys song!! I think that's a great lesson you taught your sons. If children can think for themselves, then almost everything else will follow. Barbara - I often wonder about this question of technique. Would someone like Picasso, say have been such a genius if he had not first learned the technique of his trade so he could proceed to reinvent it? And yet surely gift must come first and foremost. Barbara Anne – I like the new differentiation of your name, reminds me of the old Beach Boys song!! I think that’s a great lesson you taught your sons. If children can think for themselves, then almost everything else will follow.
Barbara – I often wonder about this question of technique. Would someone like Picasso, say have been such a genius if he had not first learned the technique of his trade so he could proceed to reinvent it? And yet surely gift must come first and foremost.

]]> By: Barbara http://www.anchormast.com/2008/10/14/two-madonnas/comment-page-1/#comment-42990 Barbara Wed, 15 Oct 2008 05:47:18 +0000 http://www.pilgrimsmoon.com/?p=79#comment-42990 If the professor was smart he or she never said so. Who needs technique if you are so gifted! If the professor was smart he or she never said so. Who needs technique if you are so gifted!

]]> By: Barbara Anne http://www.anchormast.com/2008/10/14/two-madonnas/comment-page-1/#comment-42989 Barbara Anne Tue, 14 Oct 2008 20:06:36 +0000 http://www.pilgrimsmoon.com/?p=79#comment-42989 Hi Tess, Isn't this interesting! How wonderful that this story is preserved and that we are left to imagine what could have happened - discovered or not?! When our sons were small, I was intent on teaching them that there are few things in life that can be done only one way. I wanted them to learn to think and to consider the possibilities, options, and to think for themselves. I wonder if Moore's softer and rounder Madonna was the result of being taught a similar lesson as he grew up?! Oh, not the cheating part, of course. Wink, wink, nudge, nudge, say no more! Hi Tess, Isn’t this interesting! How wonderful that this story is preserved and that we are left to imagine what could have happened – discovered or not?!

When our sons were small, I was intent on teaching them that there are few things in life that can be done only one way. I wanted them to learn to think and to consider the possibilities, options, and to think for themselves.

I wonder if Moore’s softer and rounder Madonna was the result of being taught a similar lesson as he grew up?! Oh, not the cheating part, of course. Wink, wink, nudge, nudge, say no more!

]]>