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Smoke And Mirrors - AD FREE
🕑 Added 2021-09-05 20:45:47 +0000 UTCWell, it's a long holiday weekend here in the USA and that means that I've totally forgotten what day it is and neglected to get the Ad Free version of the video up at 12am as per usual. Hopefully you kind folks can see fit to forgive me this once... ;)
The success of any piece of artwork depends on a tacit arrangement between the artist, object and viewer. The artist agrees to apply care, precision and craft to their work, the object must faithfully present the artist's vision and the viewer must suspend disbelief and approach the object and the artist with open eyes and humility. But when an object is damaged, when the seams start to show the arrangement falls apart and not only is the artist's vision compromised but the viewer will only see those seams. The magic will disappear and the focus will be on the smoke and mirrors.
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These ducks have now had more lives than most cats! How marvelous. Thanks!
A beautiful restoration again. And yes, although it may not fool us now - we also should remember the way it was originally displayed. If this hung in a corner of a room in a setting with candle / limited natural light, you would think on first entering the room that there was some fowl pegged to the wall. In Tanizaki's essay "In Praise of Shadows" he very much talks about artists intent. He hated the electric lights that put everything ablaze and turned traditional Japanese lacquerware from a magical object to a cheap looking trinket. I think often of his writing (and it's why I chose it as the name for a music project). Looking forward to seeing the epilogue of your video now! :)
