tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post4862750096143838051..comments2024-03-17T03:42:21.277-05:00Comments on LEARNING CURVE ON THE ECLIPTIC: Arty Farty Friday ~ Michael Bowen, Beat & Flower PowerTwilighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-51132449441002580812013-11-29T13:10:16.654-06:002013-11-29T13:10:16.654-06:00mike ~ An edit to my comment - I meant to type &qu...mike ~ An edit to my comment - I meant to type "affectations" not affections (5th line)!<br />Twilighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-44717531092540484202013-11-29T13:08:31.961-06:002013-11-29T13:08:31.961-06:00mike ~ some of his paintings remind me of doodles...mike ~ some of his paintings remind me of doodles - or maybe "stream of consciousness" output - which I guess is exactly what they were. <br />In the galleries linked at the end of my post there are a couple I like: Mango Angel in Gallery 1 (the one with an aqua coloured background) and Black Lake in II - far right 3rd row down.<br /><br />Yes, Beats do have to be considered in context. In spite of what I see as their pretentious affections, without them what happened in the 60s might never have developed in quite the same way. <br /><br />Good point about the beatniks' own internal conformity. They wanted to be different from everyone else, but didn't mind being/looking/acting in similar ways to one another. Safety in numbers, I guess.<br />:-/ Twilighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-68650365871754888642013-11-29T11:20:05.630-06:002013-11-29T11:20:05.630-06:00Bowen was an unknown to me prior to your post. I ...Bowen was an unknown to me prior to your post. I like his color palette, but I'm not overly fond of his compositions...a little too flat or something...a slight feel of novice, which in its own right can be appreciated.<br /><br />You provide a very good description of his astrology. The only comment I'd make is his Jupiter-Saturn in sextile and also in mutual reception. So many aspects from other planets to these two planets would link them together very strongly in his chart. And, perhaps that's what I perceive in his art...flat, murky, dark hues (Saturn) mixed with his use of vibrant, bright colors (Jupiter, Sagittarius fire).<br /><br />The beat generation was a strange event for me. I grew-up in a small, conservative, Kansas town that did have several beatniks that penetrated my sphere of existence. They scared me to a degree...they were their own "club"...too cool and into themselves...they seemed to find pleasure in excluding those that didn't "get it". I remember their coffee-house, bongos, cigarettes, very low-grade-quality marijuana use, and black attire...and their rather non-expressive, blank faces.<br /><br />They were the precursors of much to come, however, so I have to hand it to them for that. They were a very bold statement against the VERY conservative era, with McCarthyism dwindling, and the average person looking like any other average person. They did stand-out, glaringly, defiantly. It was a bold movement for that time period when most people were afraid to be different. Oddly, the beatniks could be readily identified by their own internal conformity, too.mikenoreply@blogger.com