[MD] Painting

[david buchanan]

Marsha said:
Greetings DMB, I believe there are in existence sculptures of Parmenides.  
The more interesting question 'what would a modern-day Parmenides look 
like?'

dmb says:
He'd look like Buddha or maybe like my Orpheus as a rock star, only older?

I guess the idea is that some of the first abstract painters were interested 
in evoking "spiritual" realities rather than rendering objects or otherwise 
representing normal reality. You know, there is something about the 
aesthetics of objectless abstraction that lends itself to mystical 
no-thing-ness. This presents a very difficult problem. I guess painting the 
ineffable isn't any easier than describing it in words. I guess there is no 
solution to this problem among the existing options and so one has to be 
created or invented. I guess sensitivity, skill, luck and just a bit of 
genius woud be required. And as you can see, this is about rendering 
Parmenides' notion of the One rather than a likeness of his person.

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