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| Landscape at Saint-Charles, near Gisors, Sunset by Camille Pissarro |
We always doubt the power of the small, the contained. We doubt our single, individual lives, wonder if we can matter at all.
The power of a bit of dust lies in juxtaposition with other unnoticed specks. It's in the whole where a speck has its best effect. One star in a sky of stars. One life in a history of lives.
This is my favorite picture from the current Clark Art Institute exhibition. It's called Landscape at Saint-Charles, near Gisors, Sunset by Camille Pissarro, 1830-1903. The application of color is in spots and specks. The effect is cumulative and it almost glows on the canvas.
Specks, little dots or points of paint are featured in a technique called pointillism pioneered by Charles Seurat. In this picture the museum notes, Pissarro was experimenting with that technique. We could experiment too, try to see ourselves in the context of our country, our continent, our planet, our solar system, universe, multiverse. As we zoom out, our speck-ness seems more and more natural, comfortable. We are in places as it were. Right here. Right now.
The power of a bit of dust lies in juxtaposition with other unnoticed specks. It's in the whole where a speck has its best effect. One star in a sky of stars. One life in a history of lives.
This is my favorite picture from the current Clark Art Institute exhibition. It's called Landscape at Saint-Charles, near Gisors, Sunset by Camille Pissarro, 1830-1903. The application of color is in spots and specks. The effect is cumulative and it almost glows on the canvas.
Specks, little dots or points of paint are featured in a technique called pointillism pioneered by Charles Seurat. In this picture the museum notes, Pissarro was experimenting with that technique. We could experiment too, try to see ourselves in the context of our country, our continent, our planet, our solar system, universe, multiverse. As we zoom out, our speck-ness seems more and more natural, comfortable. We are in places as it were. Right here. Right now.
