tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5265813806993497215.post8445673762850468877..comments2024-01-29T00:22:36.258-08:00Comments on e y e C O N T A C T: Restrained, even for watercoloursJohn Hurrellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07411877334096071312noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5265813806993497215.post-69181559157434522872009-09-25T21:18:37.543-07:002009-09-25T21:18:37.543-07:00Fair comment Paula, perhaps it was skimpy. Usually...Fair comment Paula, perhaps it was skimpy. Usually I think up a caption right at the end, so I guess in this case I should have discussed the medium more, inserting something later that had occurred to me after I had initially written the piece.<br /><br />However determining what 'well reasoned analysis' might be is not at all self-evident. One can seek out associations or tropes, and then launch off into connections with various writers or other artists - the way a very gifted essayist like Allan Smith might do.<br /><br />Or one can say that a description is actually sufficient, that pointing at formal qualities is perfectly adequate, that elucidating various properties of the experience, its sensations, does the job. And that to go further is blatantly entering fanciful fiction.<br /><br />Of course I might be accused here of being lazy, but there are occasions when very little needs to be said, and that my role anyway is to provide the first and not the last word. That I hope readers with other insights come to the party and share them.John Hurrellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07411877334096071312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5265813806993497215.post-71906864238591032112009-09-25T17:36:51.636-07:002009-09-25T17:36:51.636-07:00John, your description of these pictorial works d...John, your description of these pictorial works duplicates what we can see for ourselves reproduced within blog article. Thanks for adding to that description, a potentially relevant description of the literal social/geographic context in which they were exhibited. I wonder though, do you have any analysis of Richard Bryant's watercolors to add to what is after all a review? The title of your post seems to sum up your analysis… <br /><br />Congratulations regarding further CNZ support. I look forward to the developments of this site as a forum and reading reviews outside of Auckland more often. I do think good criticism in this country depends on skilled writers and critics to be recognized and commissioned for their work. I enjoy following your blog, but too often I lament the lack of incisive and well reasoned analysis in your short texts.<br />PaulaPaula Bookerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08635268197409304173noreply@blogger.com