28-05-2018, 02:24 PM
I think it is quite clever the way the VMS artist manages to combine in a single drawing many different references.
To me the "pinecones" in the biological section, discussed in another thread, are a perfect example of a single image which references the clouds and the rain, the tents and the trees and the mountains all at once.
Maybe not all of the suggested references are intentional but certainly there are a few - so it may not be a case of either/or but of several themes at once. Some may see this as a deliberate attempt to bewilder and confuse but it seems to me to be a valid part of the artistic process.
Compare this to the often heated online discussions about the meaning of song lyrics: -
"It's about this!" "No it's about that"
Of course it's about BOTH and that is the whole point.
I wonder if sections like this started as a doodle which then develops and expands?
Hope this is not too off topic but I think it's relevant.
Also: the rainbow with the herbs pictured above - did you see the jars with the bases? Relevant to the Herbal B section I think.
To me the "pinecones" in the biological section, discussed in another thread, are a perfect example of a single image which references the clouds and the rain, the tents and the trees and the mountains all at once.
Maybe not all of the suggested references are intentional but certainly there are a few - so it may not be a case of either/or but of several themes at once. Some may see this as a deliberate attempt to bewilder and confuse but it seems to me to be a valid part of the artistic process.
Compare this to the often heated online discussions about the meaning of song lyrics: -
"It's about this!" "No it's about that"
Of course it's about BOTH and that is the whole point.
I wonder if sections like this started as a doodle which then develops and expands?
Hope this is not too off topic but I think it's relevant.
Also: the rainbow with the herbs pictured above - did you see the jars with the bases? Relevant to the Herbal B section I think.