Reflections: A Sketch of Van Gogh’s Cypresses
“The cypresses are always occupying my thoughts, I should like to make something of them like the canvases of the sunflowers, because it astonishes me that they have not yet been done as I see them.”
Vincent Van Gogh
Writing about painting is challenging. The painting speaks, but it does [...]
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Reflections: A Sketch of Van Gogh’s Cypresses
Posted in Van Gogh, Vincent, art, cypresses, on Charles Taylor, on Heidegger, on religion, on trees, philosophy, tagged amelo14, andresmelo, art, connections, cypress, nature, painting, rarefaction, reflection, trees, Van Gogh on November 20, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Reflections: An approach to photographic nudes
Posted in literature, on eros, on myself, on nudes, on photography, tagged amelo14, andresmelo, art, nudes, photography, rarefaction, reflection on September 1, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
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Bodyscaping amidst light and shadow
I have been developing my understanding of our erotic nature for over 20 years now in philosophy, literature and art. My main explorations have been both in [...]
Reflections: On the desire to read
Posted in on eros, on poetry, on reading, on thought itself, philosophy, tagged amelo14, andresmelo, books, desire, eros, philosophy, rarefaction, reading, reflection on December 9, 2005 | 1 Comment »
On the desire to read: a tribute to the books that have transformed my life
This simple photograph is a tribute to the books that have transformed my life and sense of self. This journal —–which was never meant to be a journal, but instead a simple few paragraphs which kept on growing out of control—– [...]
Reflections: On trees, deep ecology and poetry
Posted in A Refuge of Nocturnal Birds, deep ecology, literature, on Quasimodo, on ecology, on poetry, trees, tagged amelo14, andresmelo, art, bird, ecology, eros, poetry, quasimodo, rarefaction, reflection, tree on July 15, 2005 | 5 Comments »
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On trees, deep ecology and poetry
1. Introduction
Most of us, if not all of us, have a particular fondness for and connection to living things. And since each of us is unique, we have greater connections to some living beings over [...]
Reflections: On Space, Western Architecture and 9/11
Posted in literature, on 9/11, on Heidegger, on architecture, on ecology, on maps, on politics, on religion, on space, philosophy, tagged 9/11, amelo14, andresmelo, maps, philosophy, rarefaction, reflection, space, Western on June 17, 2005 | Leave a Comment »
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On Space, Western Architecture and 9/11
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1. Introduction
Perhaps the best way to surprise oneself is to look a bit more closely at what seems totally obvious. Looking at it more closely may surprise and can give us great pleasure. What [...]
Reflections: On the City, Graffiti and Property
Posted in literature, on graffiti, on poetry, on politics, philosophy, tagged amelo14, andresmelo, law, painting, politics, property, rarefaction, reflection, street art on May 17, 2005 | Leave a Comment »
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On the City, Graffiti and Property
1. Introduction
There are indeed some journals one never thought one would ever write. This is one of those journals. It concerns the nature of street art in general, and that of graffiti and the [...]
Reflections: On radical linearism; some working ideas
Posted in art, line-art, on liberal education, on myself, philosophy (short), radical linearism, tagged amelo14, andresmelo, art, line-art, lines philosophy, radical linearism, rarefaction, reflection on March 12, 2005 | 4 Comments »
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On Radical Linearism.
Those of you who have seen my simple drawings have done me great good. Their simplicity is shocking, specially to me. I mean, are they really complete works? Surely I must be kidding, right? Surely [...]
Reflections: Remembering Dalí, an Analysis of Two Paintings
Posted in literature, on Dali, tagged amelo14, andresmelo, art, dali, painting, rarefaction, reflection, temporality, time on February 26, 2005 | Leave a Comment »
Remembering Dalí: An Analysis of Two Paintings
Towards the end of the 1980’s The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts held an exhibition of the complex, enigmatic and harrowing work by Dalí. I must confess I was unconsciously frightened; it was this fundamental anguish which opened Dalí forever to me. As I remember it, Dalí struck me [...]
Reflections: Espacialidad en Heidegger, una reconstrucción (Spanish)
Posted in literature, on Heidegger, on architecture, on space, philosophy, tagged amelo14, andresmelo, Heidegger, maps, philosophy, rarefaction, reflection, space on April 22, 2002 | Leave a Comment »
RECONSTRUCCIÓN
DE LA ESPACIALIDAD DENTRO DE LA ARQUITECTURA GENERAL
DE SER Y TIEMPO
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Reflections: Aristophanes’ speech in Plato’s Symposium
Posted in literature, on Aristophanes, on Plato, on Socrates, on Symposium, on comedy, on eros, on poetry, on politics, philosophy, tagged amelo14, andresmelo, Aristophanes, comedy, eros, on Socrates, philosophy, Plato, rarefaction, reflection, Symposium on March 11, 1996 | 1 Comment »
ARISTOPHANES’ SPEECH IN PLATO’S SYMPOSIUM: A presentation
1) SITUATING THE SPEECH
Just as Socrates covers up his physical ugliness through his unusual use of “fancy slippers” (174a), so Aristophanes covers up the tragic nature of his brief speech on the nature of human erotic longing with the temporary soothing elements of comic myth. In this sense [...]
