tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14184600.post8100750099008034724..comments2024-01-11T19:42:45.537-05:00Comments on woodblock dreams: Printing With FeelingAnnie Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00178236295806176573noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14184600.post-42112311861949191902008-02-28T09:30:00.000-05:002008-02-28T09:30:00.000-05:00Great to see you Amanda! Hope your show is going w...Great to see you Amanda! Hope your show is going well. Thanks for your thoughtful comment.Annie Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00178236295806176573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14184600.post-81748783033848218902008-02-26T23:47:00.000-05:002008-02-26T23:47:00.000-05:00I am way behind in visiting blogs but i know you w...I am way behind in visiting blogs but i know you will understand...tracking back through your posts about this print is fascinating. Your respect ,genuine interest and openness will surely prevent any offence being taken, if in fact there is any to be taken. The later layers draw me in and are so like landscapes - looking at the work so far evokes a meditative serenity in me. And although you haven't printed it yet, isn't the border you plan remarkably apt, given the way non-Muslims are barred from enterring Mecca and all this symbolises....if only we could find a way through...Amandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12135240564161689792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14184600.post-18152962206284571002008-02-01T18:15:00.000-05:002008-02-01T18:15:00.000-05:00I am happy to make transgressions into issues of C...I am happy to make transgressions into issues of Christian faith because it is the culture in which I live. It feels like I am in a dialogue of a sort. I guess that making comment on an alien culture is indeed a risky proposition. You would know that it is now unwise to depict Allah, although this has not always been the case. It is unlikely that you have committed major blasphemy as per the Danish cartoonists, but cartographers have been known to stir up trouble. Keep up the good workAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14184600.post-56029642299058226282008-02-01T16:35:00.000-05:002008-02-01T16:35:00.000-05:00Thanks Beth & Anita.Tom, all of those things you l...Thanks Beth & Anita.<BR/><BR/>Tom, all of those things you list (persecution of homosexuals, extermination of indiginous cultures, etc) indeed make me squeamish. Religion makes me squeamish. What particularly upset me in discovering that Mecca is closed to non-Muslims is the fact that I am now knowingly trespassing -- I am a non-Muslim literally entering the forbidden city of Mecca. That sudden shift from curious artist to illegal alien / interloper threw me a bit.<BR/><BR/>But I'll get over it :)Annie Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00178236295806176573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14184600.post-47846469549963034432008-02-01T15:44:00.000-05:002008-02-01T15:44:00.000-05:00Islam has much in common with Judaism and Christia...Islam has much in common with Judaism and Christianity, apart from sharing scriptures, each has a long list of prohibitions and exclusions. Is the control of tourists through Mecca more upsetting than other prescriptions in other religions? Consider the persecution of homosexuals or the exclusion of women from the clergy in the Christian church. Consider the missionary extermination of indigenous culture across the globe. Consider the forced indoctrination of children. Consider the invasion of territory. Why be squeamish about acknowledging that Faith demands barriers?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14184600.post-67748679124526304552008-02-01T13:01:00.000-05:002008-02-01T13:01:00.000-05:00Very interesting to read about your feelings and y...Very interesting to read about your feelings and your experience with this piece of work....You have the right intentions in the way you go to work with this piece...and I could imagine that I would find it a bit difficult too because it´s an unknown religion for me too.....and i´m also sure that your struggling with this piece and trying to understand what this religion is about og most noteworthy the thoughts about where we can meet each other....will show up in the energy this piece will send.....and I appreciate the way you work with it..a lot....<BR/><BR/>From Anita In DenmarkAnita Thomhave Simonsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01281625920250632907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14184600.post-79554629426660269022008-01-31T23:38:00.000-05:002008-01-31T23:38:00.000-05:00I commend you for recognizing the energy that is p...I commend you for recognizing the energy that is present as you work on this print, and I have no doubt you'll learn a lot about the depth of the meaning of that energy, which will in turn effect what you communicate through the print. You are being very brave.BZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14727883026541636291noreply@blogger.com