tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post4408812919428640831..comments2024-03-17T03:42:21.277-05:00Comments on LEARNING CURVE ON THE ECLIPTIC: Arty Farty Friday ~ Minor White Twilighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-91043699407216669522016-06-24T10:14:07.399-05:002016-06-24T10:14:07.399-05:00mike ~ I've moved your Brexit comment to unde...mike ~ I've moved your Brexit comment to under yesterday's post and responded.<br /><br />(again) ~ Dang - yes, I remember the astrology reference from my first reading at Wiki - I then went looking elsewhere for other info. and forgot all about it. Thanks for mentioning it.<br /><br />As he was a teacher I suppose he would have been socially inclined to some extent to be able to relate to those he taught, but at the same time he'd have to be very careful of forming close relationships. Tricky situation. As in so many cases looked at previously, the artist finds an outlet for hidden anxieties and blockages through his art.<br /><br />A clue to a possible close friendship from the link to Susan Stamberg's article:<br /><br /><i>In 1948, White made a series of pictures of his friend Tom Murphy. Beautiful, muscular — and naked — Murphy poses like a ballet dancer: elbows held in front of his chest, hands crossed, his long, graceful fingers pressed together.</i><br /><br />I guess the T-square has to represent his inner discomfort about needing to remain closeted. Twilighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-69646623950388258982016-06-24T08:49:18.876-05:002016-06-24T08:49:18.876-05:00Interesting photography of his...some serene and p...Interesting photography of his...some serene and pleasant, others with an edge. He lived until 1976, which allowed him to see the decriminalization of homosexuality and removal of homosexuality as a mental illness. Most gays were "closeted" in those years of his life, but his bio doesn't mention to what extent he had gay friends, possible relationships, etc, so I assume "closeted" simply means not out to the general public, but perhaps he had minimal participation with gay-life, too. The McCarthy era of late 1940s and most all of the 1950s was harsh for anyone expressing anything but the utmost normalcy. He did do some semi-nude male photos that appear very homoerotic, so he must have dabbled with exposing himself via his art.<br /><br />His Wiki bio provides that he practiced some aspects of metaphysics and was not very mainstream in his thinking. I particularly like his anti-nationalism he expressed in the late 1940s...unusual. He seems to have been social, at least in his professional aspects, so no hermit in the deep woods.<br />"He turned to astrology in an attempt to increase his understanding about life, and his interest in it became so significant that he required all of his current and prospective students to have their horoscopes completed."<br />https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minor_White<br /><br />The most striking (to me) and telling aspect in his natal chart, was his T-square Sun-Mercury-Venus-Neptune (conjunct in Cancer) square Saturn, opposed Uranus...with the side-aspect of Jupiter trine Saturn, but inconjunct Uranus. Definitely a different, quirky, unique individual.mike (again)noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-40058587642202509992016-06-24T08:16:08.732-05:002016-06-24T08:16:08.732-05:00Oooops...thought I was posting on yesterday's ...Oooops...thought I was posting on yesterday's post.mike (again)noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-87112779050091625032016-06-24T08:15:12.388-05:002016-06-24T08:15:12.388-05:00Well, David Cameron is stepping-down...can't b...Well, David Cameron is stepping-down...can't be all bad...LOL. Armageddon has been set loose according to the headlines this morning. It will be interesting to see to what extent the financial sector over-reacts. I highly doubt this will be the end of the saga...nothing is as it seems...the real assessment will come once Mars stations direct.mike (again)noreply@blogger.com