4:43 PM: i got the drawing to the point where tomorrow morning i can start applying watercolors. i made a small start with the green leaves you see in the image ABOVE.
1:52 PM: so as it turns out, this watercolor will be based on two very different photos ABOVE. both represent a journey through time; the one on the right was shot in 1991, in the newly opened acropolis museum in athens. the one of the left 2 days ago on the trail.
in the acropolis museum photo, we see visitors commingling with the ancient caryatids.”…caryatids represented the women of Caryae, who were doomed to hard labour because the town sided with the Persians in 480 bc during their second invasion of Greece.”
the tree in the second image has died. it’s bark is falling from the trunk, creating a special kind of beauty. these caryatids may be relieved to finally find themselves in the company of another formerly vibrant, living being, whom observers can be enriched by, and whose history is shrouded in mystery.
12:43 PM: i’m about to start a new watercolor inspired by one of the over 70 photos I shot on our Monday trail walk. i’ll post as it develops.
making the drawing for 6/30/2021 watercolor
JONAS MEKAS (1922-2019) a great film maker, had this to say about critics & criticism:
