Two Short Writings on the Subjective Nature of Human Art

1. "The Spiral Jetty"

2. "The Sun Returns"


"The Spiral Jetty"

by Pete Holly

Surmised:Progress in the Lineal Form of Art is an Illusion

We could start off by saying that the first Art Produced by Humans-Cave Painting-is
as great or greater than any and/or all art that came after.This is true.We could say Da Vinci's "Mona Lisa" is one of mankinds greatist paintings-however greatly flawed it may be-it
is greatly flawed{see earlier blog}.The flaws however,do not hamper the majestic impression
the painting possesses's-to enrapture-to seduce the viewer-perhaps in a fashion that is more
powerful than any other painting.We could say Dali's "The Persistance of Memory" is a perfect
representation of the very human persistance of memory-and be correct.We will surmise the
the Genuis of Mark Rothko's Brilliant Symbolific modern Masterpiece's."Whistler's Mother"
is second to no other and Michael-Angelo's "David" is surely a savior of Beauty beyond measure.
In cubism multiple perspectives are presented all in one scene at the same time-It's Done ! The Castles of Europe and Stone Monolith's-Stonehenge-Stone in America-Machu Pichu-The
Twin Towers even destroyed still carry thier artistic weight in Gold-Etched forever in Photograph's,Films,Memories and Paintings no less Great in thier possession of the Master Soul
of Art than when they were still standing at the edge of Manhatten-where so much great art has
been created,collected and presented to the World-Everyday.In the life and death of art there is
no straight line-All is allowed in Life and Art-Even when one live's high in the sky among the
god's and the clouds.The truth is realization-there is no lineal progress in art-it is an illusion.
And a Damn Fine One at that.



"The Sun Returns"

by Pete Holly

I crawled thru the narrow tunnel.So narrow i could barely sqeeze by on my hands and knee's.Suddenly after crawling 100 yards or so i came to a large opening in the cave-A Gallery.
The walls were covered with ancient paintings-portraits of creatures-some i recognized-Antelope and Deer-others i could not but seemed to be ansestors of tigers and
elephants-Mastadons.They were very Large and ferocious looking bearing down upon my vision
with incredible clarity as if about to strike ! Writing too was on these walls-an ancient script that
some of which i could decipher."We are men of Day's","We came to earth 3.5 million years ago"
"From a distant planet far beyond your sun" "We found a home here and survived for millions
of years""Now we are Few""A cloud covered the earth and brought us down into this cave"
"Animals followed and we killed them and roasted thier flesh on the fire and so survived"
"Roots also dangled down from the roof of this cave and we found them edible as well-for along
time they continued to grow but we wondered how ?" "We are Men and Women and Children
not unlike yourselves""We know the ancient stories of your people" "We Learned to see into
the future-but i cannot explain how-just to say it was revealed to us by some form of wisdom
which has a connection with your planet-though we do not understand exactly what it is""We
have found it to be true""A great cold and covering of ice came but still bears and Mastadons
came roaming into this cave providing us with food and blood and so we survived for a very long time""We are Men like You"-"The Sun is Returning and we believe in one God !"

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