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A Brig

I think this blog attracted some readers back in January, when I introduced the idea of backstory and then art as discourse. Those same readers may be less interested in the formalist topics of recent posts. Joseph Conrad has something … Continue reading

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Expressiveness of Abstract Form

The topic of the expressiveness of abstract form bears some attention. One point that goes without saying and must be said anyway: “expression” does not refer to any statement of ideas or outflow of emotion from the artist, it’s an … Continue reading

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