Master of the Amsterdam Cabinet - Young man meets Death
c. 1485-90 dry-point
Jacques de Gheyn III - Triton Blowing on a Conch Shell 1615 etching
   
Afrika Bambaataa & John Lydon - World Destruction
yay! great Sundeathday devotional.
The Russians are doing great things with stickmen these days.
the first one looks like hans baldring grien, who is my favourite of that school/style.
Phyllis and Aristotle, Hans Baldung Grien b1480 - d1545
They were contemporaries. (by a few years that counts)
I know that M. Jean is suffering the loss of a very old friend right now, James Reaney. I'm also pretty sure that if Reaney was up on internet vernacular, he would've thoroughly enjoyed this post. This is an image that M Jean made in memorium.
I didn't know that James Reaney died! The first play from the Donnelly's Trilogy was the first real theatre that I ever saw in my life (and it doesn't get better than that).
James Reaney's son, also James Reaney, has posted a lovely eulogy on his blog.
No shit, L.M.! Where'd you see it?
I saw it at the Banff Center when I was doing the visual art course. It was presented by the theatre arts program and it was thrilling.
That eulogy made me cry.
Me too. It's unusual that a bereaved family member can be so articulate and circumspect. As I said to M. Jean, Reaney was a real quirky character, and it's great that the eulogy got that across, rather than generalising and smoothing over his personality in that bland funerial way.
I saw the Donelly plays when I was a kid too, at UWO. I was very moved and excited by it all. I think I want to re-read them, having just read Night Justice by Peter Edwards (which is good).
I know, post colonial blah blah blah cakes, but fuck it, I love our bloody history. (except for bloody recent history, no excuses there)
When I was a kid Jean made me a pillow with an embroidered quote from Reaney's Donelly script. I think it was Mrs. Donelly, in the play, who said "If you're afraid, you should be. If you're not, you'll live."
There's a line from a very old British caper movie, title escapes me at the moment, where the father (played by Alastair Sim) of a character in some sort of trouble, was criticized for his parenting skills. He dryly responded: "I'm not a bad parent, I'm just unique"
The eulogy ended with the beautiful kildeer call, over and over, echoing in the church.
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Master of the Amsterdam Cabinet - Young man meets Death
c. 1485-90 dry-point
Jacques de Gheyn III - Triton Blowing on a Conch Shell 1615 etching
Afrika Bambaataa & John Lydon - World Destruction
- L.M. 6-15-2008 9:29 am
yay! great Sundeathday devotional.
- sally mckay 6-15-2008 8:18 pm
The Russians are doing great things with stickmen these days.
- L.M. 6-15-2008 8:25 pm
the first one looks like hans baldring grien, who is my favourite of that school/style.
- anthony (guest) 6-15-2008 8:43 pm
Phyllis and Aristotle, Hans Baldung Grien b1480 - d1545
They were contemporaries. (by a few years that counts)
- L.M. 6-15-2008 9:05 pm
I know that M. Jean is suffering the loss of a very old friend right now, James Reaney. I'm also pretty sure that if Reaney was up on internet vernacular, he would've thoroughly enjoyed this post. This is an image that M Jean made in memorium.
- sally mckay 6-16-2008 2:58 pm
I didn't know that James Reaney died! The first play from the Donnelly's Trilogy was the first real theatre that I ever saw in my life (and it doesn't get better than that).
- L.M. 6-16-2008 4:21 pm
James Reaney's son, also James Reaney, has posted a lovely eulogy on his blog.
- sally mckay 6-16-2008 4:45 pm
No shit, L.M.! Where'd you see it?
- M.Jean 6-16-2008 4:50 pm
I saw it at the Banff Center when I was doing the visual art course. It was presented by the theatre arts program and it was thrilling.
- L.M. 6-16-2008 4:59 pm
That eulogy made me cry.
- L.M. 6-16-2008 6:18 pm
Me too. It's unusual that a bereaved family member can be so articulate and circumspect. As I said to M. Jean, Reaney was a real quirky character, and it's great that the eulogy got that across, rather than generalising and smoothing over his personality in that bland funerial way.
I saw the Donelly plays when I was a kid too, at UWO. I was very moved and excited by it all. I think I want to re-read them, having just read Night Justice by Peter Edwards (which is good).
- sally mckay 6-16-2008 7:57 pm
I know, post colonial blah blah blah cakes, but fuck it, I love our bloody history. (except for bloody recent history, no excuses there)
- L.M. 6-16-2008 8:20 pm
When I was a kid Jean made me a pillow with an embroidered quote from Reaney's Donelly script. I think it was Mrs. Donelly, in the play, who said "If you're afraid, you should be. If you're not, you'll live."
- sally mckay 6-16-2008 8:42 pm
There's a line from a very old British caper movie, title escapes me at the moment, where the father (played by Alastair Sim) of a character in some sort of trouble, was criticized for his parenting skills. He dryly responded: "I'm not a bad parent, I'm just unique"
- L.M. 6-16-2008 8:53 pm
The eulogy ended with the beautiful kildeer call, over and over, echoing in the church.
- M.Jean 6-16-2008 9:41 pm