With "Hollywood" roots in the morality tale ever yang vs. yin, not the
graceful dance of the two combined. With the former a useful statement can
be made about the resulting violence and tragedy. - See "Mystic River"
"Nine in the fifth place means:
Flying dragon in the heavens.
It furthers one to see the great man." -I Ching

Charlie Ch'ien
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From: Peter Bi <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: rhythm
Date: Sat, Jan 17, 2004, 1:42 AM


too "superreal" ? No.

Dragon is one's free spirit in space, but unfortunately stereotyped as a
flying T-Rex by Hollywood.

Hongguang Bi



----- Original Message -----
From: "™L®q¨¬" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2004 6:20 PM
Subject: Re: rhythm


> Rick,
> In my earlier message, I wrote "post-modernist" while I was thinking about
> "post-impressionist."
> You are right; "rhythm" is the first canon of Hsieh He's "Six Canons."  I
> would think his understanding is fair.  But somehow in that early period,
> his Flight of the Dragon contains a lot of legends, such as the dragon
takes
> off when you add the final touch on the eyes, or the cave opens the door,
> and the artist walks into it.  Those legends are circulating in ancient
> China, indeed very fascinating, but somehow too "superreal."  This may
> indicate that Binyon was very fascinated by those mythological stories.
In
> the States, Arthur Dow was another one influenced by Fenollosa and
promoted
> the aesthetic ideas rooted in both Japanese and Chinese art.  Dow, himself
> also an artist, was a teacher of Georgia O'Keeffe, and others; very
> influential in art, design, and art education.  Take care,
>
>
> Hsiu-ling
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Richard Seddon" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2004 10:37 PM
> Subject: Re: rhythm
>
>
> > Hsiu-ling Lin
> >
> > Thank you very much for your reply to my questions.  I will investigate
> your
> > references today.
> >
> > Is Binyon's understanding of Chinese Art and his representation of the
> "six
> > canons" a fair one?
> >
> > Rick Seddon
> > McIntosh, NM
> >
> >