tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post3639924983897331296..comments2024-03-17T03:42:21.277-05:00Comments on LEARNING CURVE ON THE ECLIPTIC: Arty Farty Friday ~ Alexandre Hogue, Artist and Ecologist.Twilighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-5298952257385764852015-08-28T10:23:39.533-05:002015-08-28T10:23:39.533-05:00mike ~ thanks for the extra astro pointers.
I li...mike ~ thanks for the extra astro pointers.<br /><br />I like his paintings too, though in a way they do make something that was truly devastating a tad too beautiful. For the reality we really have to see Dorothea Lange's photographs. Maybe Hogue was trying to show Mother Earth's happy satisfaction at the "pay-back" being given to humans who had mis-treated her. <br /><br />Coincidentally, last night, in "Outcasts" the sci-fi series we've been watching on Netflix, a similar situation is arising, on the new home planet for some humans - Carpathia. The planet doesn't want humans there so fights back (and who could blame it!) We'd best watch out because here, now, Mother Earth's anger is starting to rise once again!Twilighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-49629198884602857802015-08-28T10:13:52.294-05:002015-08-28T10:13:52.294-05:00LB ~ Ah! It's a small and quinky-dinky old wo...LB ~ Ah! It's a small and quinky-dinky old world. As I wrote once to (I think it was kidd who found a personal link to a topic) <i>small, and funny, and fine</i>. Song - "Small World" from the show "Gypsy", lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. <br />https://youtu.be/C2LoVugCi-Q<br /><br />Thank you for pointing out the Ceres links - an excellent fit!<br />Twilighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-13980125287484744232015-08-28T09:27:02.462-05:002015-08-28T09:27:02.462-05:00Both you and LB cover his astrological tracks, and...Both you and LB cover his astrological tracks, and I'll add that all of Hogue's planets (Moon too, whether in Aries or Pisces) have the mutual reception of Venus-Jupiter as final dispositors, enhancing his artistic talent with a philosophical-spiritual tone. Wiki states that Hogue blamed humans for the misuse of the land, unlike others that saw the predicament as nature's wrath, and this is evident in his paintings. I think this rings with his Venus-Jupiter mutual reception in Pisces-Libra, inconjunct each other (plus Venus conjunct Sun, both square Uranus, with Jupiter sextile Uranus), as an odd frisson of rebellious discontent, but expressed with pleasantry via art.<br /><br />"He always viewed himself as a radical, yet his passion stemmed from a deeply conservative idea: that art, culture, and nature should form a central force in the life of every human being."<br />http://www.tamupress.com/product/Alexandre-Hogue,6420.aspx<br /><br />I like his art...beautiful paintings! He has an ability to portray a harsh subject, but dress-up the presentation with eye-appeal and vivid colors. I like the "smoothness" or "comfort" that contrasts with the subject matter. "Erosion #2 has the female form in the foreground made of the rolling contours of the land...those same contours with the visual feel of a soft down comforter.<br /><br />I've mentioned in previous posts about my grandfather's absolute love of his soil, which was more precious to him than anything other than his family. His belief was that his wealth was contained in the soil he nurtured and this was his bank account. He had tremendous pride, pleasure, and satisfaction with his dirt and all things harvested from it...appealed to his Taurus Sun.<br /><br />There was a 2012 Ken Burns, PBS special, "The Dust Bowl", which was excellent. I read Timothy Egan's book, "The Worst Hard Time" about the dust bowl and thought it excellent, too...couldn't put it down and was fascinated with the story telling and research effort the author provided.<br /><br />There's next to nothing available about his personal life! He must have been a recluse, too.mikenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-46633034801829115682015-08-28T01:51:48.706-05:002015-08-28T01:51:48.706-05:00Just noticed something else. Hogue's North No...Just noticed something else. Hogue's North Node in Capricorn, Chiron in Scorpio and Ceres in Gemini form a Yod, with his natal Ceres as the apex point.LB (again)noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-7764934559865860432015-08-28T01:38:09.915-05:002015-08-28T01:38:09.915-05:00Twilight ~ So here's an interesting "quin...Twilight ~ So here's an interesting "quinky-dink". My relative (the respected artist I've mentioned), while not one of the original "Dallas Nine", was among a small group of artists "closely associated with the group". When I saw Hogue's art (which has a similar feeling), I knew there had to be a connection. I googled the Dallas Nine and sure enough, my relative's name was among the listed artists.<br /><br />I like Hogue's art and I enjoyed the video too, especially the part about his predictions involving water. Speaking of water, did you happen to notice his South Node in Cancer is trine his Chiron in Scorpio? If his Moon was in the later degrees of Pisces (as you suspect), it would complete a Grand Trine. <br /><br />His natal Ceres (earth and nature's cycles) at 28 Gemini (the messenger) would've formed uneasy aspects to his other water placements, likely making him aware of our challenges, a message he then communicated through his art. Ceres in Gemini also lends itself to his work in advertising and free-hand ('hand-lettering') skills.<br /><br />Recently, I read something about how shamans (don't recall from which culture) are often struck by lightening. He was definitely tuned in to something.LBnoreply@blogger.com