tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8972120889629675714.post3353225532291029909..comments2024-02-25T05:24:24.948-05:00Comments on Beyond Easy: Fernand Léger: some words and picturesPatrick Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02410016566636603639noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8972120889629675714.post-54256284546721866942017-12-24T05:19:37.436-05:002017-12-24T05:19:37.436-05:00Well I mean, there are still plenty examples of ar...Well I mean, there are still plenty examples of architectural wonder out there, like the Space Needle or Dubai (although I guess that last one doesn't have plumbing).SHAZAM!https://www.blogger.com/profile/09517334073898963241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8972120889629675714.post-16372438496823605192017-12-22T01:23:59.784-05:002017-12-22T01:23:59.784-05:00I'm not sure, but he'd probably be chagrin...I'm not sure, but he'd probably be chagrined to find that everything is still beige or grey or greyish blue.Patrick Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02410016566636603639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8972120889629675714.post-47012200740981308942017-12-21T23:33:45.599-05:002017-12-21T23:33:45.599-05:00Hey, thanks for reading and glad you liked it.
On...Hey, thanks for reading and glad you liked it.<br /><br />On technological innovation healing its own scars: I wish I saw more cause for hope. From where I'm sitting it seems to me that hoping for capitalist market forces (from which technological development cannot feasibly be separated) to reverse the damage wreaked by capitalist market forces is like hoping to climb out of a hole by continuing to dig.Patrick Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02410016566636603639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8972120889629675714.post-67359145115809370292017-12-15T03:03:13.812-05:002017-12-15T03:03:13.812-05:00Huh. Yeah, I can see Kandinsky in these. Although,...Huh. Yeah, I can see Kandinsky in these. Although, I guess they're more...restrained? Or focused, maybe that's a better word. I guess because what he's trying to paint is also more concrete (tee-hee) than music. I wonder what he would have thought of the post-war sci-fi visions of the future?SHAZAM!https://www.blogger.com/profile/09517334073898963241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8972120889629675714.post-31652597751566827732017-12-08T19:35:58.083-05:002017-12-08T19:35:58.083-05:00I find it interesting that you both celebrate his ...I find it interesting that you both celebrate his optimism while assigning the trait as artifact of the age. As you note he knew first hand the horrors of technology and industry. I’m a technology skeptic but I think that his optimism is still possible. I feel his hope wasnt that nothing wrong can come from machinical innovation but that it could heal it’s own scars. Really enjoyed reading this post.Ellis F.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11582306565433964672noreply@blogger.com