The Treachery of Images: This is Not a Pipe by Rene Magritte

[pangaia]

21. I am looking.

As you may expect, Magritte is new to me.
Now here is the thing; I spent so many years playing "avant-garde' music, so many many pieces, most of which, of course, well never be heard again, and some of which have become sort of 'standard repertoire,' And everything in between. And playing at a very high level with very, very good musicians, all over the world....I gained the experience to at least feel confident in having a rather good professional opinion, above and beyond what I 'liked.'

But, here, and with so much surrealism, I rarely can get beyond the intellectual. I do accept that this is my short coming. I saw the same in a lot of music; music, of course, that few people know.

But with your involvement, your knowledge and your looking into things, that DOES tweak my interest to pursue another step.

I also have always had a problem with soup cans, especially with water lilies just a few steps away. That says something about me, and not soup cans.

I must be getting old...

Thank you again for a very thought-provoking art history lesson.. I am going the next step with Rene Magritte.