tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1660090614793277371.post7740796051643764284..comments2024-03-19T21:14:01.007-07:00Comments on The Compass Rose: Escher, Parmigianino, Ashbery & MeCurtis Favillehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06213075853354387634noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1660090614793277371.post-77187470956989018472009-04-08T07:31:00.000-07:002009-04-08T07:31:00.000-07:00Welcome, Meg, and many happy returns.Welcome, Meg, and many happy returns.Curtis Favillehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06213075853354387634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1660090614793277371.post-46520440644759770462009-04-08T05:44:00.000-07:002009-04-08T05:44:00.000-07:00Salaams Curtis. I stopped by to see what you were...Salaams Curtis. I stopped by to see what you were up to and saw Escher's work for the second time in my life. The first was yesterday when my son showed me his sketch of it. Isn't that an odd coinkydink. Really. Just thought I'd say salaams and I enjoyed your article.<BR/><BR/>MegCarmenisacathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11023871171456340729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1660090614793277371.post-89223387394968086762009-04-07T15:31:00.000-07:002009-04-07T15:31:00.000-07:00I think eventually John Ashbery will be to postmod...I think eventually John Ashbery will be to postmodernism what Tennyson was to the Victorian Era.Kirby Olsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05952289700191142943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1660090614793277371.post-39247706262951687942009-04-07T11:51:00.000-07:002009-04-07T11:51:00.000-07:00Nothing Ashbery ever writes every means anything t...Nothing Ashbery ever writes every means anything to me. It's a lot of mumbling, if you ask me.<BR/><BR/>Escher is at least clever, and that's fun. Do you like to solve Sudoku puzzles? I think those are supposed to be good for keeping your mind flexible. I do a couple of them every day. It's fun to hunt down the patterns.<BR/><BR/>Escher is a little like doing one of those puzzles, except that the Sudoku puzzles are a little more active. <BR/><BR/>They were apparently developed by the Japanese because their language isn't suited to crosswords. It's a nice development: one more thing the Japanese have contributed to contemporary culture along with kamikaze bombers and Sumo wrestlers.<BR/><BR/>If a Sumo wrestler would grease up his stomach just a bit more, then when Ashbery looked at his reflection in it, he would have an Escher moment.Kirby Olsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05952289700191142943noreply@blogger.com