A common bed like the one in Bielefeld.

maybe none of the toilets in rooms work and you might meet a goat in the hallway, or is M. joining you?

Look at the bright side of life. The possibility at an inspiring encounter is much bigger in a lobby than in your room.

Jeanette

Doesn't this feed button for comments feels as an intrusion? Now everybody can follow your conversation with Eric without having to go to 'Flu'.

@ Mieke and Sander

Mieke, thank you for pointing out this change to the blog: so much for progress!

I think I will not use the feed-button myself: it takes away some of the nicer aspects of a blog, f.i. the possibility of exploring forgotten corners
or the posibillity to keep reacting on comments that are only interesting for two, three or four persons.

Sander, because it must be boring to the other(new) bloggers, why not exclude posts older than two months from the feed? One should never render too much service...

Jeanette

We wouldn't want to peek too much in the dark hole you created for yourself and Eric. So your wish is granted.

But keep in mind that what you do on this site is still public. If you want real privacy, book a room.

@Sander

I come in peace.
You seem like a kind and gentle man who understand the whims of women and therefore I dare address you.
Would it in any way be possible you delete my presence entirely from this blog?
I'm sure you'd be doing Arnon a big favour, not to mention myself. Nobody likes to be reminded of one's weaknesses. Then again, nobody likes to be deleted either. Still, I'd opt for the latter because then I have a justifiable reason to feel insignificant.

@Noa

You can always address me, as can anybody else.

I'm sure it would be a bad idea to delete you from this blog. It would make the archive incomprehensible because you took part in so many discussions. If your comments are gone a lot of the responses would seem to fall out of thin air.

Even changing your name would be a disaster, because so many other posts refer to you directly.

So I'm sorry, but the answer is no. I won't be manually going through more than 13.000 comments because you can't deal with your weaknesses.

@Sander

Thank you for your kind and gentle response.
I mistakenly thought you were some independent web-wizzard who could wave your wand over the touch of a button. I hadn't even considered the possibility anyone would be interested at all in any of the discussions I was having. I still doubt anyone would.
I would never expect you to manually work your way through 1300 comments (did I write only 1300?). Why on earth would anyone ever do anything for me?
Anyway, some would argue knowing your weaknesses is a strength. But let's not get into any discussions here as I'm already at risk of deleting myself enough as it is. Hubris is - indeed - dangerous.
It was a pleasure.

@ Sander

Well thank you Sander. for restoring a public illusion.
With one wish granted, I have 2 left.
Booking a room has nothing to do with privacy - on the contrary.

@ Jeanette
You're welcome.

@Noa
Since June 4th, 2007 you wrote 830 comments on a total of 13.000. Take care.

(Sander - you forgot Tess)

Dear Mieke,

I probably point out something you've already seen, but just to be sure:
I did answer you on the 'Advice' entry.

yours truly,

Eric

Eric

Yes, Eric, thanks for your answer.
One of the meanings of communication according to van Dale , is 'verbinding'. Doesn't that broadens things a bit?
Of course 'art' is still about a lot of other things.

Dear Mieke,

Thank you for your van Dale reading. I'm getting more and more confused:
you write: "Doesn't that broadens things a bit?"
What things? If I may ask.
And was this an answer to one of the questions I asked?
I'm especially interested in your answer to my question:
Is there also something in you view that isn't communication?

And you conclude : "Of course 'art' is still about a lot of other things."
Like what?
If you follow the link below, you will see a painting.
Could you tell me how it communicates with you, or how the communication works.
http://www.csee.umbc.edu/~lomonaco/mompaintings/Mary-Lomonaco-painting6.jpg

Best wishes,

Eric

Dear Eric

Thanks for the photo of the painting. Interesting, but I don't consider this art. It doesn't communicate with me. And it lacks'reflection', something I consider vital to art.
Do you know the medicine boxes of Damien Hirst? I consider that art. It 's amongst the best he produced.

Dear Mieke,

Thank you for your considerations.

"Do you know the medicine boxes of Damien Hirst?"

No I don't. Can I see them somewhere?
I'm curious to hear how these medicine boxes refelct on something.
But maybe I should see them first.

yours,

Eric

Eric

http://digitalphilosophy.wordpress.com/2008/07/13/each-bottle-is-a-unique-individual/

Lovely Mieke,

http://www.artquotes.net/masters/bacon/bacon_study1953.jpg

@Eric
That is my favourite painting! Sometimes I call it ‘my self-portrait’.

Eric, Bernard

I am a big fan of Bacon. Had the oportunity to see some of his paintings in real life last year. Great.

Dear Mieke,

you see; we have more in common then Bach.

Love,

Eric

Dear Bernard f,

Why do you call this your 'self-portrait'?

yours,

Eric

Dear Mieke

I thought about it a lot.
But what does the medicine box of Hirst communicate?

Money?

Yours,

E.

Ps. Since I will be travelling the coming time, I will not be able to answer you for a certain while.

Dear Eric

A nice christmas to you too.
I'll give you my answer soon.

Eric

As promised my reflections about the medicine cabinets of Damien Hirst.
He made many. All with different accents, but all referring to death. This is a constant in his work and one of the big themes in art throughout arthistory. Even his shark and other animals on formaldehyde question the relationship between us ,humans, and death. How is death incorporated in our society? Here you she the image of the world of humans who have try to force death back into a cabinet wich is sterile , with nicely ligned up medicins. You can see beautiful pills, small and colourful, but oh so poisonous.
On a different level , you can read it as a respons to the work of Joseph Beuys who made shelves with groceries, wich defined for Beuys humanity and how the world of museums and artdealers should be considered. So it is also a reflection about art.
But it has also a very poetical dimension. Imagine to be a pharmacist, who actually knows all those medicines and what they cure. A forcefull image of a stream of people comes to mind , all with death on their mind. That's our destiny. Sooner or later that's what we will be heading for.
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/22/40263069_9de47fdacb.jpg?v=0
http://www.nytimes.com/images/2005/02/18/arts/18hirs2.ready.html

The url's don't work I'll look for other ones.

Dear Mieke

thank you for your exposé on the work of Damien Hirst and arthistory.
It's about death and a reflection on art.
That's what it communicates.
Do I interped your words right?

yours,

Eric