Slog
News & ArtsTuesday, August 17, 2010
Arts What Is Pleasing About this Moment in Time?
Posted by Charles Mudede on Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 9:30 AM
I do not know what it is about this image that makes it break from the continuum of ordinary time.
- p2cl
3
The punctum here is indeed the skirt. We are accustomed to seeing urban landscapes peopled by tourists (with cameras, walking shoes, looking up). Here the rural landscape wears an urban tourist. She is not IN this field; the field is wearing her, just like she wears the skirt.
4
My post has found all its value in your marvelous sentence: "Here the rural landscape wears an urban tourist."
6
I'd give my opinion, but I wouldn't want to break the string of pretentiousness that seems to be forming here.
7
It's not pretentious to notice and be curious about things. Observation isn't pretentious.
I think it's her necklace, as well as the skirt.
I think it's her necklace, as well as the skirt.
10
@5: You're just saying that because of Christina's World.
Seriously, stop trying to read meaning into cute girls in short skirts. You like what you like, Mudede, and in this case, it's ok if A is A.
Seriously, stop trying to read meaning into cute girls in short skirts. You like what you like, Mudede, and in this case, it's ok if A is A.
11
@10 that pretty much sums up my reaction, too. the one common element to a charles "why do i love this photo so much?" post is an attractive woman.
12
Yeah, but it also has an Andrew Wyeth feel to it. Or maybe I just want it to; Andrew Wyeth is my favorite painter.
13
Charles isn't always about the pretty girl (http://www.thestranger.com/slog/archives…).
Sometimes it really is about the picture. And how it's read.
Sometimes it really is about the picture. And how it's read.
Advertisement
Most Commented on Slog
-
Hating People Doesn't Make Them Thinner by Jen Graves
-
Los Angeles Gay Bar Bans Bachelorette Parties Until Marriage Equality Is Attained by David Schmader
-
Fill in the Blank by Grant Brissey
-
This Reminds Me of the Great Calculator Scare of the Late '70s/Early '80s by David Schmader
-
Idiot Tries to Defend Bigoted Anti-Gay-Marriage Preacher on Anderson Cooper by Paul Constant
-
Six Moms with Too Much Time on Their Hands and a Shitty Website Decide to Fight Gay Superheroes by Paul Constant
-
The Saturday Morning News by Unpaid Intern
-
Why Mayor McGinn's Wife Canceled Her Family's Seattle Times Subscription by Eli Sanders
-
What the Hell Is Wrong With Seattle's Pride Parade? by Dominic Holden
-
NYC Man Ticketed for Not Riding in the Bike Lane by Jonathan Golob
RSS
Facebook
Twitter
Comments (13) RSS