Comments on: GIVE PEACE A CHANCE! http://artandperception.com/2007/05/give-peace-a-chance.html a multi-disciplinary dialog Fri, 09 Jan 2009 23:32:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Angela http://artandperception.com/2007/05/give-peace-a-chance.html#comment-17839 Angela Fri, 25 May 2007 08:23:16 +0000 http://www.artandperception.com/2007/05/give-peace-a-chance.html#comment-17839 Sunil, I will take an excert of my byography that will explain your question: " Angela Ferreira is Cardiff based artist living in Wales who since young age has traveled extensively witch has strong urging influences in her works. Angela’s goal is to bring cultures together, transmit good inner feelings, positive energy and take your eyes on a journey to a different imaginative world." Sunil, I will take an excert of my byography that will explain your question: ”
Angela Ferreira is Cardiff based artist living in Wales who since young age has traveled extensively witch has strong urging influences in her works. Angela’s goal is to bring cultures together, transmit good inner feelings, positive energy and take your eyes on a journey to a different imaginative world.”

]]> By: Sunil Gangadharan http://artandperception.com/2007/05/give-peace-a-chance.html#comment-17762 Sunil Gangadharan Thu, 24 May 2007 16:57:00 +0000 http://www.artandperception.com/2007/05/give-peace-a-chance.html#comment-17762 Angela, Very nice, the group/cult singing hosannas to a white moon in a dark blue sky with the concerned yogi in the clouds, the trees without leaves with shades of a fading dawn in the distance, the consternation on the face of the cat and the wistfulness of the lady all promote strong hinges of a story well told. Question: Did you have any Indian (as in Asian Indian and not American Indian) influences when you created this painting? Angela,
Very nice, the group/cult singing hosannas to a white moon in a dark blue sky with the concerned yogi in the clouds, the trees without leaves with shades of a fading dawn in the distance, the consternation on the face of the cat and the wistfulness of the lady all promote strong hinges of a story well told.

Question:
Did you have any Indian (as in Asian Indian and not American Indian) influences when you created this painting?

]]> By: ginger http://artandperception.com/2007/05/give-peace-a-chance.html#comment-17350 ginger Mon, 21 May 2007 15:49:52 +0000 http://www.artandperception.com/2007/05/give-peace-a-chance.html#comment-17350 I'm moved with the emotion and the challenge ..........and in love with the painting. I’m moved with the emotion and the challenge ……….and in love with the painting.

]]> By: Jay Hoffman http://artandperception.com/2007/05/give-peace-a-chance.html#comment-17278 Jay Hoffman Mon, 21 May 2007 02:58:00 +0000 http://www.artandperception.com/2007/05/give-peace-a-chance.html#comment-17278 I see the woman, her chin raised against the repose of her body, and the rest of the painting melts away. I see the woman, her chin raised against the repose of her body, and the rest of the painting melts away.

]]> By: birgit http://artandperception.com/2007/05/give-peace-a-chance.html#comment-17239 birgit Sun, 20 May 2007 18:24:25 +0000 http://www.artandperception.com/2007/05/give-peace-a-chance.html#comment-17239 June, <em>..active..not doing enough..</em> 'Miocene' and 'Mother' illustrate heavenly strength. June,

..active..not doing enough..

‘Miocene’ and ‘Mother’ illustrate heavenly strength.

]]> By: June http://artandperception.com/2007/05/give-peace-a-chance.html#comment-17228 June Sun, 20 May 2007 17:20:05 +0000 http://www.artandperception.com/2007/05/give-peace-a-chance.html#comment-17228 Angela, I tried to erase the title from my mind and just look at the painting (wonderful, by the way). What held me were the eyes, always the eyes -- the eyes of the woman, of course, but the eyes of the cat, and the eyes of the Buddha. The woman looks directly at us, but the cat is glancing off at something off-stage. The Buddha seems to have closed eyes. No one is looking at the dancing circle, which seems to exist in its own world, a space conjured just for it. And the moon is a great blank eye. The painting, then, has its most direct connection to the external world (or worlds), and more particularly to the viewer. I sense a challenge, more than serenity. The tilt of the woman's chin and the way she is looking at us feels severe to me. She herself is beautiful and active in her engagement with the world of peace, but I keep thinking I'm not doing enough. Angela,

I tried to erase the title from my mind and just look at the painting (wonderful, by the way). What held me were the eyes, always the eyes — the eyes of the woman, of course, but the eyes of the cat, and the eyes of the Buddha.

The woman looks directly at us, but the cat is glancing off at something off-stage. The Buddha seems to have closed eyes. No one is looking at the dancing circle, which seems to exist in its own world, a space conjured just for it. And the moon is a great blank eye.

The painting, then, has its most direct connection to the external world (or worlds), and more particularly to the viewer. I sense a challenge, more than serenity. The tilt of the woman’s chin and the way she is looking at us feels severe to me. She herself is beautiful and active in her engagement with the world of peace, but I keep thinking I’m not doing enough.

]]> By: Birgit Zipser http://artandperception.com/2007/05/give-peace-a-chance.html#comment-17223 Birgit Zipser Sun, 20 May 2007 16:03:39 +0000 http://www.artandperception.com/2007/05/give-peace-a-chance.html#comment-17223 Steve, <em>..what could result from giving peace a chance</em> is that the trees leaf out again. Steve,

..what could result from giving peace a chance is that the trees leaf out again.

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