tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1660090614793277371.post5260485672043217942..comments2024-03-19T21:14:01.007-07:00Comments on The Compass Rose: The Archetype of Decadence - on a Photograph of Clarence John LaughlinCurtis Favillehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06213075853354387634noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1660090614793277371.post-3993822040391692532009-05-06T22:03:00.000-07:002009-05-06T22:03:00.000-07:00There are people who actually make their living do...There are people who actually make their living doing that. <br /><br />I don't know--is it immoral? <br /><br />You decide. <br /><br />My concluding line was just an invitation to readers/visitors to make up their own interpretation.Curtis Favillehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06213075853354387634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1660090614793277371.post-33196601302845053382009-05-06T18:11:00.000-07:002009-05-06T18:11:00.000-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.0000000https://www.blogger.com/profile/14767771887014774485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1660090614793277371.post-57427177237298124962009-05-06T11:58:00.000-07:002009-05-06T11:58:00.000-07:00Oddly, the curve (scythe/death) animates this phot...Oddly, the curve (scythe/death) animates this photograph. <br /><br />Otherwise it's rather stolid & rectilinear, however iconic.<br /><br />In death's grip life crawls out might be a definition for decadence.<br /><br />I gave a book of his photos to my dad once. Somehow he just misses being heavy handed.eddie watkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06339600880006987180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1660090614793277371.post-85839505505883502552009-05-06T10:56:00.000-07:002009-05-06T10:56:00.000-07:00at least 3 'things' (connects) for me come....sim...at least 3 'things' (connects) for me come....simultaneously: <br /><br />nuances<br /><br />scythe<br /><br />voodun <br /><br />(Haitian voodoo is voodun which I think is what migrated to New Orleans<br />and "married" to Catholicism <br /><br />and as I recall Hurston's got it "down pat"<br /><br />whoever took this pic-ture got a fine eye/<br /><br />sense of ,well ,drama, theatre, "poetry" etc.<br /><br />I cld say more... but am out on a limb, here, especially about that huge cross she bears...<br /><br /><br />just in a "brand new" 1974 copy of THIRTY THINGS (second printing)<br />and<br />The Writing of Austin Osman Spare <br /><br />a paper (new) copy of that Rexroth book on the way.... <br /><br />I tried a bit of the on line version...lasted about 22 seconds...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1660090614793277371.post-51252180549023736062009-05-06T10:43:00.000-07:002009-05-06T10:43:00.000-07:00I dunno if Laughlin is "telling us something."
Bu...I dunno if Laughlin is "telling us something."<br /><br />But this photo, as with many, many of his, does speak, though without words.<br /><br />I think you -- or anyone with a sympathetic eye and the ability to translate reverie into words -- could do at least 50 posts or essays on Laughlin, each looking at a single photo. <br /><br />He's that good.Steven Famahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13733977161680651117noreply@blogger.com