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 ---------- 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 > > > >