(photo W Hayes).
“Beauty At Work”. Nancy from Kansas City had that up on FaceBook with some pics of beautiful butterflies that she had taken on one of her treks. It tweaked my mind. The way she put it tweaked my mind the way a friend from a different culture would describe something in a great but unusual way.
The butterflies in her pics were going about their business the way butterflies do. And yes they were beautiful butterflies. What is the problem Felipé? Well, I think too often, I think something or someone is beautiful in a static way. All they have to do is set there and be admired. It makes that being or object truly into an object.
But the butterfly is beauty in it’s movement also yes. It’s transformations were beautiful to get to this point. Just as dance is beautiful and well as a photo. Just as fireworks are beautiful. Also there is beautiful in the way things perform, a horse running, a race car working perfectly or a sailboat smoothly cutting through the water on a broad reach.
Last evening before bed I was working on an Atlantic Magazine article on artist Alexander Calder entitled The Sculptor That Made Art Move. I have always been intrigued by him and his moving art. That fit together nicely with Nancy’s “Beauty At Work”.
One thing that everyone knows and that is the idea that Calder put in an art form and that is the mobile. So, I have to tell you guys that I once created a famous mobile or maybe an infamous mobile myself. This was back at Forestry School in Syracuse, NY, at the University. This mobile was gazed upon by a future president of the United States or at least a future Vice President. I had produced a piece of art out of uneaten breaded veal cutlets from the dreaded dorm cafeteria and wire coat hangers, a mobile, and it hung in our dorm hallway for a couple of weeks before I was asked to take it down. Well, Paula, our dear five foot tall cleaning lady wasn’t going to be able to handle that task. So, yea Joe Biden our dorm floor councilor may or may not remember that pinnacle in contemporary art but I sure do. Sure as heck it influenced the trajectory of his successful political future. There you have it art history according to Felipé.
Well it was a fun post, thanks for stopping by. It is Wiley and Henna’s second wedding anniversary tomorrow so we are putting on a dinner for them tonight. Time flies!
August loves, Felipé.
And now we know “the rest of the story”
So fun (sort of gross, but we’ll within the range of food prank, oops I mean food art acceptability.)
Catherine ~ and I might add an early example of repurposing! Many pluses with this one. Felipé.
Hola Boss,
Well, yes, beauty is a funny thing… there are things that we can tell they are beautiful, but indeed, I think it is more often that things are or aren’t beautiful for the person who looks at them. This thing that “beauty is in the eye of the beholder” to me is truer than the fact that things are beautiful per se…
I remember the mornings in the Camino for example… very early, still dark, and the yellow lights from the street lights, merging in the dark sky that was almost about to be evicted by the sunrise that was forging its way, brought me to tears a couple times… just wondering how such a thing was possible… how was it that the sun has been rising every single day for years and years…
But I have had that same feeling seeing my nephews sleeping when they were big babies/young toddlers… that moment when they are chubby and sweaty… I remember seeing they were so beautiful… that I have also cried looking at them.
Funny enough, I never had that experience watching a movie of George Clooney, or an amazing designer dress… you could tell they are beautiful, but I think it is a cliche… … Beauty is something else!
Beautiful Loves,
Cris
Cris ~ I like the idea of beauty being more of an animated thing like it is a process or a happening coming at you. It is bubbling away waiting for you to come along. It’s funny but I did see where Nancy wrote some more about this and it seems her got a job at a nursery or garden shop. So when she said she saw beauty at work that is exactly what she meant. I kind of got carried away and ran off with it, Oh, well. Felipé.x
And Happy Anniversary for Wiley and Henna! Their wedding was truly beautiful… <3
Love is in the air,
Cris
Cris ~ I will pass that on. We had a nice dinner outside for them here. Two years and counting. Felipé.x
What a fun history tidbit! Love it! got a chuckle from me.
May the corn grow fast,
B
Hi Bonnie ~ Well thanks, I was in a silly mood. Are you warm enough down there? Man we are such wimps up here. It gets all the way up to 75 and we are crawling under rocks. Miss seeing you around the mine. Speaking of which I have to go in tomorrow. Felipé.x
I love this Phil. So appreciate, today of all days! I’m glad I inspired you. But it’s really those beautiful Butterflies . Only if they knew. 😊
Nancy / from KC
Nancy ~ hi! Thank you and I did more on it today. Also, I see you submitted your comment twice. Somehow the way it works is that it takes a while for your comment to show up. So, if you write and then check it and you don’t see it is OK. Felipé.x
Hi Phil,
Sorry about the 2 posts. The 1st one had the wrong word. I think it says appreciate & it should have said appropriate. I tried to edit it but wouldn’t let me so I went back & was able to delete the word & correct it. But didn’t realize it printed both out. Can you delete the 1st one? I hope so. I will remember In the future to review my response & edit before submitting it. I loved the blog though!
Thanks so much Phil,
Nancy
Nancy ~ no problem on this end. Yea, I’m spending half my life trying to figure this stuff out. Have a great day with beauty at work! Felipé.x