Stephen M wrote:

And therein lies the elusive quality of art. The ability to capure the
essance of something without shown the whole. This is why an illustration is
usually more effective than a photograph, because the irrelevant information
is subtracted. I think this applies to written works, music and physical
arts.


Strippers and sumie as well. Most of what you "see" is filled in
by the viewer's imagination,more so with sumie. In a sumie
(oriental brush painting, typically done in continous shades
of gray) painting (actually "inking"), the bare minimum required
to triggerer the idea of the piece is actually on the paper - the
viewer's eye, experience and imagination fills in the rest.

James Krenov's pieces have that quality, and like haiku,
change with the viewers mental state as wel as how the
light plays with the surfaces and grain.

Nicely put sir. Computer algorithms may be able to produce "art",
but soul will always be the domain of living things, be it a
human or a bird.

(just noticed rithms vs rythms)

charlie b