tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8013443217504323406.post6894140870366353692..comments2024-02-11T03:39:05.836-05:00Comments on still life with circles: A Museum of Flowersstill life angiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15150141781089602529noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8013443217504323406.post-54436691061383585452009-03-22T16:52:00.000-04:002009-03-22T16:52:00.000-04:00beautifully written post angie...like all the othe...beautifully written post angie...like all the other mamas have said already. wise and true words. i loved this -'flower paintings are about pretending the world is a beautiful place. Flower painting are about pretending our babies don't die, and we are not sad. Flower paintings are for wimps' and then i laughed out loud when i read 'flowers are boring'. i'm glad that you haven't lost your sense of humor in all this babyloss grief.<BR/><BR/>much love to youalizahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09435679393472275569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8013443217504323406.post-10853071466893334082009-03-22T10:42:00.000-04:002009-03-22T10:42:00.000-04:00Beautiful post, Angie. I must go to the museum ne...Beautiful post, Angie. I must go to the museum next time I'm in Philly and see this painting. Lots of love to you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8013443217504323406.post-69538630932607231782009-03-22T08:29:00.000-04:002009-03-22T08:29:00.000-04:00I am taking my girls to the art Museum tomorrow. T...I am taking my girls to the art Museum tomorrow. Thank you Angie xCarly Mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14586501928364642712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8013443217504323406.post-69692068361334101682009-03-21T10:04:00.000-04:002009-03-21T10:04:00.000-04:00Wonderful post. Thinking about what Tash said- I ...Wonderful post. Thinking about what Tash said- I think that the modern eye is freaked out by "Rachel Weeping" because people don't want to know that babies die and parents grieve. But jewelry made with your loved one's hair, memento mori, funeral photos- were all so commonplace for years as to not be hung in museums at all- they were worn next to people's hearts, displayed in the home, carried with us as we mourned. Monet, Picasso, and all the rest were so unusual and offputting that they had to be put in a special place so people could go see them and be shocked and moved.<BR/><BR/>So I think there's another reason why we need "Rachel Weeping" at the museum- because our culture has lost the sacred but everyday space that mamas like Rachel would have had to share heir grief with their visitors, their families, and themselves.Dani819https://www.blogger.com/profile/00620957484893505246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8013443217504323406.post-34285774527987825812009-03-21T09:34:00.000-04:002009-03-21T09:34:00.000-04:00Someone, can't remember who, said there was an exh...Someone, can't remember who, said there was an exhibit on photographing death in the 19th century at some museum, and while many photos were civil war soldiers, many were babies and children. It was as if society (well, upper middle class society -- let's not kid ourselves, Peale's not painting the chamber maid) finally got the means to remember. <BR/><BR/>I think my problem with the guide is that really inconspicuous inane things trip me up. Things that go unremarked on, I'm guessing, by many of y'all. And I'm sure vice versa. sometimes you don't realize something's going to hit you in the solar plexus until it walks up and does. A friend once warned me of the miscarriage theme in the book "Time Traveler's Wife" when she heard I was reading it for book club, and I hated the book so much I started laughing at the insanity by the time I got to that portion. Someone else I'm sure was curled up on the couch wailing.<BR/><BR/>I think at the time people were really disturbed by Monet (as an example) because it wasn't *real* -- it was kinda blurry. It's not just flowers, it's beauty in his mind's eye, taking real and turning it a bit on it's side. In Peale's time, that simply meant putting another theme altogether front and center.<BR/><BR/>Great post.Tashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07376651134993450207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8013443217504323406.post-9669953431034356502009-03-21T04:21:00.000-04:002009-03-21T04:21:00.000-04:00I agree with Sally - you write so beautifully. I t...I agree with Sally - you write so beautifully. <BR/>I think there should be more paitings like this one - beautiful, devastatingly sad, and real. Just like life.<BR/>xxxRachaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08573991998853561283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8013443217504323406.post-62433966274982945962009-03-20T17:31:00.000-04:002009-03-20T17:31:00.000-04:00This was beautiful Angie. You are so new to this g...This was beautiful Angie. You are so new to this game, but already so wise about your thoughts and feelings. Big love to you xoHope's Mamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04984543289642681339noreply@blogger.com