tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13413591.post5662480403423797747..comments2023-09-25T11:05:14.371-04:00Comments on The Balanced Center: Art and Beauty Tuesday--Thomas Kinkade and Rembrandt Van RijnStaying in Balancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14729612779930162079noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13413591.post-30869823023027633552011-12-29T08:27:47.666-05:002011-12-29T08:27:47.666-05:00That is a good point, Romeo. It does seem to tran...That is a good point, Romeo. It does seem to transport us to a world that doesn't exist this side of heaven anyway.Staying in Balancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14729612779930162079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13413591.post-88567266898145771852011-12-29T03:02:45.891-05:002011-12-29T03:02:45.891-05:00I have no idea of art as such and this is the firs...I have no idea of art as such and this is the first time I glimpsed at this art. I think by looking at this you forget the ugliness of this world for an instance and you get a shine of beauty within. Ugliness is all around us all the time why do we have to express it even in art?romeohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07990470255298880492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13413591.post-26723076340911628622011-10-26T21:39:03.327-04:002011-10-26T21:39:03.327-04:00I can't imagine 2 more disparate artists!I can't imagine 2 more disparate artists!Staying in Balancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14729612779930162079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13413591.post-87145845317494754332011-10-26T15:03:36.400-04:002011-10-26T15:03:36.400-04:00Very good post. We're studying Christian art a...Very good post. We're studying Christian art and critiquing Jackson Pollock and Thomas Kinkaide in particular.Taite Hartleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07091178302159799131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13413591.post-42987420813260271772011-09-11T16:21:20.292-04:002011-09-11T16:21:20.292-04:00I think you are right. People are longing for thi...I think you are right. People are longing for this world to be perfect and divine when it is the creation and not the Creator.Staying in Balancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14729612779930162079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13413591.post-64990848186699260962011-09-11T13:18:50.550-04:002011-09-11T13:18:50.550-04:00This is one of your best art posts, Dymphna. Kinc...This is one of your best art posts, Dymphna. Kincaide takes me into a world of fantasy I can't inhabit for long. That so many people are attracted to his work tells me that people are longing for perfection in this world. If they would only turn to Christ they would find the true God they are unknowingly seeking in what is a sugar-coated image of Him.Barbara Schoenebergerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16951360211636509133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13413591.post-22975254981152966212011-09-10T19:42:21.432-04:002011-09-10T19:42:21.432-04:00Thanks so much, Michele!!Thanks so much, Michele!!Staying in Balancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14729612779930162079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13413591.post-67933348257675049762011-09-10T18:52:23.057-04:002011-09-10T18:52:23.057-04:00you really have a beautiful way of expressing thin...you really have a beautiful way of expressing things into life. you're very talented my friend. be it poetry, art, or a post. God bless you!Michelehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00550875376593955659noreply@blogger.com