Comments on: Making strange http://artandperception.com/2008/08/making-strange.html a multi-disciplinary dialog Sun, 14 Mar 2010 14:17:11 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Steve Durbin http://artandperception.com/2008/08/making-strange.html/comment-page-1#comment-190207 Steve Durbin Thu, 09 Oct 2008 20:54:01 +0000 http://www.artandperception.com/2008/08/making-strange.html#comment-190207 Angie, We don't all speak the same language. I don't know Mike, but I don't think he was trying to be obscure. His comment helps reinforce with a good example (Minor White) the idea that an apparent departure from reality (whatever that is for each of us) may help us better see reality. Angie,

We don’t all speak the same language. I don’t know Mike, but I don’t think he was trying to be obscure. His comment helps reinforce with a good example (Minor White) the idea that an apparent departure from reality (whatever that is for each of us) may help us better see reality.

]]> By: Angie http://artandperception.com/2008/08/making-strange.html/comment-page-1#comment-190145 Angie Thu, 09 Oct 2008 05:44:30 +0000 http://www.artandperception.com/2008/08/making-strange.html#comment-190145 "Of interest to me is that the process of defamiliarization can often lead to a clearer understanding of the subject matter absent our preconceptions." It's amazing how educationally limited people attempt to hide behind theoretical artifice. “Of interest to me is that the process of defamiliarization can often lead to a clearer understanding of the subject matter absent our preconceptions.”

It’s amazing how educationally limited people attempt to hide behind theoretical artifice.

]]> By: Steve Durbin http://artandperception.com/2008/08/making-strange.html/comment-page-1#comment-168655 Steve Durbin Fri, 15 Aug 2008 19:47:20 +0000 http://www.artandperception.com/2008/08/making-strange.html#comment-168655 melanie, The play of light was what I was mainly interested in that day, though I made relatively few photos and haven't worked on most. I'll be experimenting with de-emphasizing everything but the highlights a la <a href="http://www.artandperception.com/2008/08/stardrops.html" rel="nofollow">stardrops</a>. Jay, ...resisting... melanie,

The play of light was what I was mainly interested in that day, though I made relatively few photos and haven’t worked on most. I’ll be experimenting with de-emphasizing everything but the highlights a la stardrops.

Jay,

…resisting…

]]> By: Jay http://artandperception.com/2008/08/making-strange.html/comment-page-1#comment-168622 Jay Fri, 15 Aug 2008 19:07:46 +0000 http://www.artandperception.com/2008/08/making-strange.html#comment-168622 Steve: Won't be the first time a horse has been cropped. Steve:

Won’t be the first time a horse has been cropped.

]]> By: melanie http://artandperception.com/2008/08/making-strange.html/comment-page-1#comment-168591 melanie Fri, 15 Aug 2008 18:30:34 +0000 http://www.artandperception.com/2008/08/making-strange.html#comment-168591 it was my grandmother's favorite expression of "nitwit" and she's been on my mind recently, so there's the thought thread laid bare. I do like the peaks-and-valleys play of light from shoulder to hip. it was my grandmother’s favorite expression of “nitwit” and she’s been on my mind recently, so there’s the thought thread laid bare.

I do like the peaks-and-valleys play of light from shoulder to hip.

]]> By: Steve Durbin http://artandperception.com/2008/08/making-strange.html/comment-page-1#comment-168395 Steve Durbin Fri, 15 Aug 2008 13:46:31 +0000 http://www.artandperception.com/2008/08/making-strange.html#comment-168395 melanie, An interesting case where the existence of an idiomatic expression may color our reaction to an image. Though I wonder how many it occurred to (not me this time, though it's happened in the past). melanie,

An interesting case where the existence of an idiomatic expression may color our reaction to an image. Though I wonder how many it occurred to (not me this time, though it’s happened in the past).

]]> By: melanie http://artandperception.com/2008/08/making-strange.html/comment-page-1#comment-167961 melanie Fri, 15 Aug 2008 03:44:42 +0000 http://www.artandperception.com/2008/08/making-strange.html#comment-167961 although a somewhat aggressive statement (rather than a metaphor), once it comes into focus... ;-) although a somewhat aggressive statement (rather than a metaphor), once it comes into focus… ;-)

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