tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6371426616015739116.post7455086134632642677..comments2024-02-08T09:36:47.134-08:00Comments on Atomic Romance: Trip to Japan Part IVSwinebreadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02947060321484913676noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6371426616015739116.post-41918001998181728502007-12-07T07:37:00.000-08:002007-12-07T07:37:00.000-08:00Arkonbey – thanks, it’s taking me a while to get i...Arkonbey – thanks, it’s taking me a while to get it all out but your comments are appreciated. <BR/><BR/>After our friend mentioned the “smell” thing. I tried to take in the smells of Japan. Probably sesame, fish, and rice are the ones that I think of most when it comes to Japan but then a lot my time was spent with the food I ate there. <BR/><BR/>Japanese woodblock prints are also very impressive. I didn’t see any on this trip but on my first trip I was blown away. They’re very and hard to make and yet they were mass-produced. After seeing both woodblock prints and emaki, it’s easy to understand why the Japanese have a greater respect for the comics’ medium. <BR/><BR/>I like art history especially in terms of how the general public and aristocrats reacted to certain pieces but the criticism is a bunch of BS. For my class, I just made up some stuff for my research paper and then backed it up with primary sources. Everyone can be a critic but not everyone can be an artist. Maybe that’s the problem. <BR/><BR/>LB – Very fun and very accessible, Most of the scrolls are “just” pen and ink and yet they are national treasures. Anthropomorphic animals are national treasures! Now that’s very cool. <BR/><BR/>Arkonbey – the CRAP generator is funny, now one for music criticism is needed. <BR/><BR/>Snab – One thing I do like about Picasso was that deliberately made crappy art just to show that the critics didn’t know what they were talking about. I was looking at his wikipedia entry, did you know his full name was <I>Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Clito Ruiz y Picasso</I>.<BR/><BR/>I still remember that Saturday night live sketch about him was hilarious. “I am Picasso!”<BR/><BR/>Dean – Japanese folks are very reserved. Believe when I say that they were screaming on the inside. <BR/><BR/>OD – Well it depends on how you define comics. With regards to modern comics Pen and Ink displaying a funny story on paper, you’ve got it right there in the Chōjū-giga. Sure other things like Lascaux, Egyptian Hieroglyphs, or Tajan’s Column are comics in broader sense but the oldest items the resemble what we read to today is right there in the Chōjū-giga and other emaki. <BR/><BR/>Panda – another great shot <A HREF="http://preethshyam.blogs.com/photos/roppongi_hills/p1010015.html" REL="nofollow">here</A>Swinebreadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02947060321484913676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6371426616015739116.post-83433229146972174642007-12-07T07:36:00.000-08:002007-12-07T07:36:00.000-08:00Wasn't there a spider like that running around in ...Wasn't there a spider like that running around in Jabba's palace?The Moody Minstrelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16342935635794595909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6371426616015739116.post-50945488769648587112007-12-07T00:07:00.000-08:002007-12-07T00:07:00.000-08:00Attack of the Roppongi Spider! Many (rich) people...Attack of the Roppongi Spider! Many (rich) people were killed.Pandaboniumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08352197350806179930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6371426616015739116.post-76380996619282590182007-12-06T17:41:00.000-08:002007-12-06T17:41:00.000-08:00Snab- c'mon out. Late October is best. Leaf Season...Snab- c'mon out. Late October is best. Leaf Season is just turning into Stick Season.<BR/><BR/>(and don't get me wrong, I really enjoyed my time in the NW, but some of us are just geared to love what we grew up with)<BR/><BR/>Ladybug- Glad you liked it. You should SO make an office memo CRAP generator. First step: come up with a great acronym!<BR/><BR/>OD- <A HREF="http://www.culture.gouv.fr/culture/arcnat/lascaux/en/" REL="nofollow">Yup</A>Arkonbeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11056581569235023216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6371426616015739116.post-44046084264791285862007-12-06T12:21:00.000-08:002007-12-06T12:21:00.000-08:00These last few posts have been great, Swine. But r...These last few posts have been great, Swine. But really, weren't the first comics painted on a cave wall in France?Overdroidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13163906729547832272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6371426616015739116.post-79844767964727458772007-12-06T12:13:00.000-08:002007-12-06T12:13:00.000-08:00If you could of got those business people to run s...If you could of got those business people to run screaming towards the camera in that last picture it would've been PERFECT.Dean Wormerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06214049238722718299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6371426616015739116.post-21908810809155980062007-12-06T10:05:00.000-08:002007-12-06T10:05:00.000-08:00Snabby-Oh Yea! I remember the cab ride to the air...Snabby-Oh Yea! I remember the cab ride to the airport too...that guy was funny!<BR/><BR/>Arkonbey-OMG! That is so Spot-ON! I may even have to do a post about it! I LOL'D! Now I wish they had a C.R.A.P. generator for office memos....ladybughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08814418184624819506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6371426616015739116.post-84765292483125997582007-12-06T09:58:00.000-08:002007-12-06T09:58:00.000-08:00arkonbey - That is interesting; because what I not...arkonbey - <BR/>That is interesting; because what I notice is the opposite. When coming back to the Northwest, it always feels like home when I smell the firs and pines. I've not been in New England at the right time to smell the maples and oaks; we need to plan a trip there.<BR/><BR/>ladybug,<BR/><BR/>I remember the Picasso stuff. Sketch after sketch of triangles with scribble marks scrawled over them that were supposed to be female pubic sections.<BR/><BR/>He was mostly crap.Don Snabulushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05911180639753508627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6371426616015739116.post-46932320067669105912007-12-06T09:30:00.000-08:002007-12-06T09:30:00.000-08:00ladybug-4 years of art history gave me a strong di...ladybug-<BR/><BR/>4 years of art history gave me a strong dislike for art criticism. Especially labels like classicism, post-modernism, etc. <BR/><BR/>A funny document was circulated around school (and for years before we arrived, likely) known as the Critical Response to the Art Product (CRAP) Generator.<BR/><BR/>Someone has made an interactive version <A HREF="http://www.pixmaven.com/phrase_generator.html" REL="nofollow">here</A><BR/><BR/>Try it! You to can write CRAP about art.Arkonbeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11056581569235023216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6371426616015739116.post-12723276016480621972007-12-06T07:26:00.000-08:002007-12-06T07:26:00.000-08:00That looks like an interesting day as well! I real...That looks like an interesting day as well! I really like the pre-anime scrolls. Stuff that's not "High Art" is often alot more fun, and accessible (in all senses of the word) to the average person.<BR/><BR/>I once had an Irish Art History student (she was getting her Master's) say to me once, "The more people write about "art", the more it's just BS..."<BR/><BR/>After seeing the Picasso exhibit in Montreal, I couldn't agree more...<BR/><BR/>(it probably helped that I never liked him as person either...he was a "SCOUNDREL!" in the words of one of my French professors in college-[the ex-CIA one])ladybughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08814418184624819506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6371426616015739116.post-79793328274205513472007-12-06T05:25:00.000-08:002007-12-06T05:25:00.000-08:00Thanks for posting this so we could live vicarious...Thanks for posting this so we could live vicariously through your experiences.<BR/><BR/>Your friend mentioned the candy smelling 'like America'. That's one thing we don't think about is how different places smell. I grew up in New England and when I lived in the Northwest, I really missed the smell of oak and maple leaves in autumn.<BR/><BR/>That art exhibit looked spectacular. Even better than seeing giant, ironbound medieval books at the Morgan Library.<BR/><BR/>and you have to love a culture that would put a sculpture of a giant spider ostensibly attacking a new, modern development...Arkonbeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11056581569235023216noreply@blogger.com