Interesting Quote on Gothic Art

[Twilight]

I found this quote today in a little gargoyle book my friend gave me
"Gothic sculptors found beauty in the tension and balance between
[beautiful and ugly]. In the words of scholar Anthony Di Renzo, they were
'not afraid to wade through sewage and frog spit to find poetry'"
(_Gargoyles_ Andrew and McMeels gift books)

I thought it was very interesting. Anyone care to discuss? to lead off
with a comment?
Whips and Kisses---
Twi, finally able to do leisure reading again :)
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[Various Lies]

In <32B8E6...@ix.netcom.com> Twilight <lucr...@ix.netcom.com>
writes:

>
>I found this quote today in a little gargoyle book my friend gave me
>"Gothic sculptors found beauty in the tension and balance between
>[beautiful and ugly].

And this describes so many things.

I have often wondered if the tension between any two opossing
axioms was the main driving influence in any/all art. And the lives of
the artist. Lord knows I spend the vast majority of my writing
exploring either one end or the other of the see-saw of violence and
love. Serenity takes its best flavor only to those who have at least
once been in the maddest sections of hell, no?
Gothic art (and here I refer to all arts, literal, visual and
musical) seems to exploit the beuty and pathos that such tension can
create.

baaahhhh.
I have been up too long, so there was a point here, but i am now too
tired to finish it...

Jealousy(more later/sleep now)

[Lord Drakon]

On Wed, 18 Dec 1996 22:52:11 -0800, Twilight <lucr...@ix.netcom.com>
wrote:

>"Gothic sculptors found beauty in the tension and balance between

>[beautiful and ugly]. In the words of scholar Anthony Di Renzo, they were
>'not afraid to wade through sewage and frog spit to find poetry'"

Art has always thrived on a proper appreciation of the dark side. It
seems that to put true deep feeling into art or music, one must first
experience some not inconsiderable fraction of the pain that life can
deliver.

Many take that trip into the underworld, to learn the shadow side of
life. Some few return, and fewer still are those who can express what
they saw there in poetry, painting, or sculpture.

--
Lord Drakon (absi...@sirius.com)

"Still descending."