I opened The Art Book this morning to a painter I hadn't seen, Gabriel Metsu, and after perusing some of his paintings, thought surely he created them in the same drawing room where so many of Vermeer's famous works were rendered. This doesn't seem to be the case, according to Wikipedia, even though they were Dutch contemporaries. Certainly, the way two of their works meld fairly seamlessly into each other here speaks to the peculiar alignment of creative energy that characterized the Netherlands in the 17th century. I wonder if they'll look back at our time and feel that some artistic movement stood out in that same way. I suspect it will be something none of us imagine now.
Hey, maybe it'll be considered the Golden Age of Blogging! (Acronym: GAB) Maybe there will be a blogthology that survives the coming End of Days, and in a thousand years it'll be considered as sacred as the Bible is now. Just in case that happens, and I'm in it, I suppose it can't hurt to address the denizens of 3008:
Okay, people, here's the deal. You are not reading the Word of God, so lighten up. But those paintings you see I call "Hy-Art?" They are indeed masterpieces that should be duplicated by your very best artists, and hung in your museums. Don't worry about my references to the "orginals." I just tend to name my muses, it's a quirky little habit of mine. All of the works should be labeled "by the Great Master, Marco the Magnificent," and once a day, I want all the schools closed so students can get a day off to see my rich and varied oeuvre. It you guys really, really want to start a cult, I can't stop you. My only request is that when you get that time machine working, please send several tons of gold into the past. May 2008, to my Hollywood apartment Make that diamonds, just a bag or two is plenty.
If I don't blog for a few weeks, it means it worked. You can find me in Biarritz.
MCO 2008
Diamonds are certainly better. Gold is too heavy to be sending anywhere in a time machine. I am of course off on my own tangent, suggested by your entry. It seems to suggest that all time exists simultaneously, otherwise, how could the future send diamonds to the past, i.e. your present? Now my head hurts because I am stuck with trying to figure out this time stream paradox, if someone in the future sends something to the past does that mean tha past, present and future are parallel streams of time? Now, I want chocolate. All this thinking is way too much for me and I need comfort.
I agree that Metsu and Vermeer seem to have partaken of the same apple of stylistic inspiration; a very harmonious pairing.
but you are already one of the richest persons i know, george bailey.....
the golden age of blogging, ey?
i suggest you walk around with your head turbaned for the next, oh, 37 years, just in case that bag o' diamonds hits you in the head.