Comments on: mar 14 http://mydogoscar.com/birdspot/2008/03/14/mar-14/ the sketchblog of Catherine Hamilton Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:52:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.3 By: Alina http://mydogoscar.com/birdspot/2008/03/14/mar-14/#comment-337 Alina Mon, 17 Mar 2008 15:02:32 +0000 http://mydogoscar.com/birdspot/2008/03/14/mar-14/#comment-337 'Cute', doesn't come to my mind when viewing Catherine's work. But there are aspects of the creatures she draws that can be percieved as cute-like your recent drawing of the 'sciurus carolinensis'. His or Her ears kill me in that cute way. ‘Cute’, doesn’t come to my mind when viewing Catherine’s work. But there are aspects of the creatures she draws that can be percieved as cute-like your recent drawing of the ’sciurus carolinensis’. His or Her ears kill me in that cute way.

]]> By: Mark Lynch http://mydogoscar.com/birdspot/2008/03/14/mar-14/#comment-335 Mark Lynch Sun, 16 Mar 2008 20:35:42 +0000 http://mydogoscar.com/birdspot/2008/03/14/mar-14/#comment-335 CORRECTION: The comic/essay is by Francis Masse and is entitled: THE MOUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, and can be found in RAW V.2/N3. The theory part of the comic is "borrowed" from a Gould piece, though Konrad Lorenz is mentioned in the comic. NEOTENY, that's the ticket! Emulate a larvae and you won't need Botox injections. It's LARVAL proportions we find cute. BTW: Catherine's work is therefore not CUTE in the least, at least in the cartoon/neotic sense of this essay. The squirrel looks like a damned adult squirrel, only more so. However, her landscapes are simply precious and more cute than a flower pot full of kittens. Mark Mark CORRECTION:

The comic/essay is by Francis Masse and is entitled: THE MOUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, and can be found in RAW V.2/N3. The theory part of the comic is “borrowed” from a Gould piece, though Konrad Lorenz is mentioned in the comic. NEOTENY, that’s the ticket! Emulate a larvae and you won’t need Botox injections. It’s LARVAL proportions we find cute. BTW: Catherine’s work is therefore not CUTE in the least, at least in the cartoon/neotic sense of this essay. The squirrel looks like a damned adult squirrel, only more so. However, her landscapes are simply precious and more cute than a flower pot full of kittens.

Mark

Mark

]]> By: Alina http://mydogoscar.com/birdspot/2008/03/14/mar-14/#comment-334 Alina Sun, 16 Mar 2008 20:31:50 +0000 http://mydogoscar.com/birdspot/2008/03/14/mar-14/#comment-334 Mark, Are you related to David Lynch by chance? I found Twin Peaks & Blue Velvet to be Lynch's best works... Mark,

Are you related to David Lynch by chance?

I found Twin Peaks & Blue Velvet to be Lynch’s best works…

]]> By: Mark Lynch http://mydogoscar.com/birdspot/2008/03/14/mar-14/#comment-333 Mark Lynch Sun, 16 Mar 2008 18:18:46 +0000 http://mydogoscar.com/birdspot/2008/03/14/mar-14/#comment-333 Inland Empire: I'm with you. Right now, for the jaded "seen it all" set, it's EXTREMELY fashionable to loathe Lynch's work. It's like Indie music too: every band is cool till a critical level of folks have discovered them, then they suck. Say what you will about Lynch, Inland Empire and Mulholland Drive is at least CREATIVE and interesting. That goes a long way with me. RE: Jed. Many years ago, STEPHEN JAY GOULD wrote a great essay on what animals we find cute and why, especially baby cartoon animals. He felt it had to do with facial propotions: ears, big eyes, short snouts, et. ie: the same proportions of Mickey Mouse and many other "cute" animals. It all has to do with the neonatal vibes they give off. They mimic the facila proportions of baby humans. A great version of this essay was in RAW about a decade or so back, though I cannot remember who illustrated it. I have it somewhere. RE: Carl Stalling: there are amazing stories of how he would just, out of thin air, call up some obscure tune that PERFECTLY fit the action on screen. I will always love Stalling for single-handedly reviving: "A cup of coffee, and sandwich and you." Look it up. Mark Inland Empire: I’m with you. Right now, for the jaded “seen it all” set, it’s EXTREMELY fashionable to loathe Lynch’s work. It’s like Indie music too: every band is cool till a critical level of folks have discovered them, then they suck. Say what you will about Lynch, Inland Empire and Mulholland Drive is at least CREATIVE and interesting. That goes a long way with me.

RE: Jed. Many years ago, STEPHEN JAY GOULD wrote a great essay on what animals we find cute and why, especially baby cartoon animals. He felt it had to do with facial propotions: ears, big eyes, short snouts, et. ie: the same proportions of Mickey Mouse and many other “cute” animals. It all has to do with the neonatal vibes they give off. They mimic the facila proportions of baby humans. A great version of this essay was in RAW about a decade or so back, though I cannot remember who illustrated it. I have it somewhere.

RE: Carl Stalling: there are amazing stories of how he would just, out of thin air, call up some obscure tune that PERFECTLY fit the action on screen. I will always love Stalling for single-handedly reviving:

“A cup of coffee, and sandwich and you.” Look it up.

Mark

]]> By: Catherine http://mydogoscar.com/birdspot/2008/03/14/mar-14/#comment-328 Catherine Sun, 16 Mar 2008 03:56:36 +0000 http://mydogoscar.com/birdspot/2008/03/14/mar-14/#comment-328 And I, for one, really enjoyed Inland Empire. Most of my friends hated it. I tried to argue that it was a wrapping up of all of his other films, a composite almost, and taken to another level, but they weren't having it. They said it was gratuitous and fatuous. I could see their point, but I'll sit on it and watch it again in a few years.. And I, for one, really enjoyed Inland Empire. Most of my friends hated it. I tried to argue that it was a wrapping up of all of his other films, a composite almost, and taken to another level, but they weren’t having it. They said it was gratuitous and fatuous. I could see their point, but I’ll sit on it and watch it again in a few years..

]]> By: Catherine http://mydogoscar.com/birdspot/2008/03/14/mar-14/#comment-326 Catherine Sun, 16 Mar 2008 03:36:11 +0000 http://mydogoscar.com/birdspot/2008/03/14/mar-14/#comment-326 Carl Stalling is in my top-five-of-all-time musicians. I think. Carl Stalling is in my top-five-of-all-time musicians. I think.

]]> By: jed http://mydogoscar.com/birdspot/2008/03/14/mar-14/#comment-325 jed Sun, 16 Mar 2008 03:27:44 +0000 http://mydogoscar.com/birdspot/2008/03/14/mar-14/#comment-325 What's interesting here is the anthropomorphizing of the image in both the drawing and the comments. The question is, "What makes humans want to humanize other species on this planet?" I think the use of animals in literature, pop culture, and art (high or low) is simply a way of exchanging masks and directly communicating something deeply human in the process. Something that perhaps would be hidden from us should we continue to keep the old masks, while at the same time making us aware of difference both in society and on the planet. What is this rabbit actually thinking when it puts its gaze on me? Does it have thoughts as such? Or does it exist in pure silence, knowing without knowledge? An alien concept to the human mind, making this drawing a kind of mirror that allows me to fantasize and create my own story around it simply because my understanding of its thought process is limited, having never experienced the mind of rabbitdom. It must be the ears that draw people in.... What’s interesting here is the anthropomorphizing of the image in both the drawing and the comments. The question is, “What makes humans want to humanize other species on this planet?” I think the use of animals in literature, pop culture, and art (high or low) is simply a way of exchanging masks and directly communicating something deeply human in the process. Something that perhaps would be hidden from us should we continue to keep the old masks, while at the same time making us aware of difference both in society and on the planet. What is this rabbit actually thinking when it puts its gaze on me? Does it have thoughts as such? Or does it exist in pure silence, knowing without knowledge? An alien concept to the human mind, making this drawing a kind of mirror that allows me to fantasize and create my own story around it simply because my understanding of its thought process is limited, having never experienced the mind of rabbitdom.

It must be the ears that draw people in….

]]> By: jed http://mydogoscar.com/birdspot/2008/03/14/mar-14/#comment-324 jed Sun, 16 Mar 2008 03:05:01 +0000 http://mydogoscar.com/birdspot/2008/03/14/mar-14/#comment-324 Don't forget Watership Down! The mean rabbits vs. the good rabbits. Which one is pictured here? Don’t forget Watership Down! The mean rabbits vs. the good rabbits. Which one is pictured here?

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