Wed, 20 Sep 1995 Subject: Dark Heart of the Forest
I responded with a spirit tug to your evocative images, especially "Dark Heart of the Forest." The interplay with Huidobro's poetry touched me. I cannot resist suggesting that you might find a book called "The Seven Valleys and the Four Valleys," by Baha'u'llah, a fascinating jump-off point for your highly personal, yet somehow universalized imagery. This short compilation of mystic vision is available on Netscape by searching under the general topic "Baha'i", or you would find it in a local library. I offer it to you, not to prostlytize, but as a resource for your poetry beyond language.
Thank you for the web page. I felt kinship with your images. (}:^D>
C.T.
Tue, 01 Aug 95
Congratulations... you say you "don't know what will happen..." one of the
hardest and most beautiful forms of abandonment to give oneself over to.
Knowing this is the starting point for experiencing life at its most
ephemeral, its lovliest, I think.
You may already be familiar with this, but your beautiful images inspire poetry, so I'll quote some from Neruda's "Allianza/Sonata:"
It is not now possible, at times,
to win except by falling,
it is not now possible, between two people,
to tremble, to touch the river's flower...
...you are endless, welcome me as if you were
all solemnity, all nocturnal
like a zone, until you merge
with the lines of time.
Advance in sweetness,
come to my side until the digital
leaves of the violins
have become silent, until the moss
takes root in the thunder, until from the throbbing
of hand and hand the roots come down.
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Ya no es posible, a veces
ganar sino cayendo,
ya no es posible, entre dos seres,
temblar, tocar la flor del rio...
...eres sin fin, recogeme como si fueras
toda solemnidad, toda nocturna
como una zona, hasta que te confundas
con las lineas del tiempo
.
Avanza en la dulzura,
ven a mi lado hasta que las digitales
hojas de los violines
hayan callado, hasta que los musgos
arraiguen en el trueno, hasta que del latido
de mano y mano bajen las raices.
Thanks for your beautiful page.
J. L.
Tue, 11 Jul 1995
your work is an inspiration to all digital artists. I just
wanted to let you know that your home page is very impressive and that I
would love to see more of your images. I have seen several of your
published images in MacWorld and in Cathy Abes' book. I think the images
contained in your homepage are the strongest I have seen yet. Thank you
for creating pieces that make people remember them.
W. A.
Tue, 11 Jul 1995
I very much like your work. Your combining of image and script/text sits
very well with me.
I don't exactly recall where I heard about your site . I seem to recall
from a link some where . I know it wasn't from a cool site listing. I have
seen your work in a few magizines , but really was impressioned (my word)
with your fine art work with text. It's the best I've seen . I very much
identify with your asthetic, with this work.
I've been doing hand /photo manipulation work for many years - just got
this P Mac last August - I really enjoy it. I'm director of the Photography
group Circles of Confusion. We started circles 3 years ago along with Ellen
Cary (currently head of Photography at Hartford Art School , my alma mater.
A friend (Rick Obrien) and I were talking 4/95 and decided that it would be
neat to set of a web site for ourselves and some friends - it's sort of
evolving into a site formany of the nonprofit arts groups in the area,
maybe more.
I have set a link to your page (Phillip's Links) from a visual and performance art site I'm building with a friend.If you get the chance stop by and look around.
http://www.xenonarts.com
Any way I think you are going in a beautiful direction (actually you are
there right now).
Thanks
P.F.
I slept
on the shoreline wrapped in a blanket
filled full hermits.
I don't
have the moon in my hands, but the wave In heart
will always carry me carry me.
Tue, 11 Jul 1995
Your work is wonderful! You should be proud that you have the only web
site with substance. Too many sites are just links to other web pages and
nothing more. Keep up the good work.
I saw the link in Wired Mag(thought that you would like to know how I got here).
T.L.S.
Fri, 23 Jun
What a great page!
For a guy how is struggling with the pain and loss of a love that was
hopeless, yet more intense that I can explain.
I was saved by the abandonment of the woman I loved,
and destroyed.
For there is a part of me that she will always have: It is hers, I
gave it to her. Yet without it, I am not whole, and I wish I had it
back.
In a moment she captured me, heart & soul, (c.f. lyrics), and I
surrendered gladly...
* * *
Your use of symbolism, Joyce, Eliot, the Grail, is tremendous. I
have spent a fair amount of life learning about the controlling,
healing, and destroying power of myth. Your use and evocation is
excellent.
I have added your page to my list of links, and I look forward to more
browsing when I have the time.
Thanks for the healing.
H. L.
Mon, 26 Jun 1995
hey . Nice tragedy!
the tracks.
the implied volume of the body.
the past. the prelude, the words,
faded into dada of the past.
is that you? or abstract accomplishemnt?
M.
Mon, 29 May 95
lovely pictures!
citizen kane
Sun Apr 23
I visited your web site this Sunday afternoon. At first, I was a
little put off because I was anticipating all digital art work
rather than that and other forms of artistic expression. Your
work was a delightful surprise, as is often the case when our
assumptions turn out to be wrong. I shared some of your
work with my son, who, although only sixteen, is sensitive
and powerfully perceptive for his age. His first "real" girlfriend
just broke off with him. I share his pain. How well I
remember. Perhaps, it is within the laws of physics that
there must be as many endings as beginnings and that we
spend the time between in infinite variations of the ritual of
abandonment.
B.
Mon, 17 Apr 95
Really enjoyed the Ritual of Abandonment. I hope you continue
to build this page. We need more like them!
Thanks!
P.B.
Sat, 15 Apr 1995
I just wanted to drop you a note to tell you how much I enjoyed your
Web page.
I think your art and its representation in your Web page is an excellent
example of how today's information age can benefit all. Those who criticize
the ever expanding technology of today do not see the uses that you
represent but only some of the more negative aspects of the Internet. I'm
somewhat biased since I work for a company developing products for the
"Information Superhighway" but I do think that in a few years, more people
will see the benefits without strangling the creativity. Hopefully
regulations will not pervade the Internet choking off your type of creativity.
I just wanted to say thanks for the on-line exhibit. I enjoyed it
tremendously.
Regards;
P. Y.
Sat, 15 Apr 95
I am an artist working in Western Australia.
It is only recently that I have started exploring WWW.
You are the first artist whose work has been an inspiration to me.
Thank you.
J. H.
Mon, 10 Apr 95
I've really enjoyed your creation, Ritual of Abandonment. Also excited to
see T.S. Eliot quotes and your thanks to GVH "for asking to see my face."
I just recently found a scrap of paper upon which I'd written "T S Eliot,
Until We Have Faces". Five years ago a friend told me to find it - I just
tried to last week but couldn't. Then I read your Ritual of Abandonment in
my lunchtime browsing and had a feeling that you might know of it. I don't
know if it's an individual poem or part of a larger work or if it has a
different name - I spent an hour going through indexes at a bookstore but
could find nothing. The friend, who's out of touch right now, told me it's
about Psyche and how she lost her lover when she insisted upon seeing his
face. I'm intrigued, but at a loss as to how to find it. Can you help?
I'd be grateful - I feel as if it's something I am supposed to seek. Thank
you for your trouble. I hope your love affair is going well - it has
certainly brought you to a fruitful place.
K. T.
Tue, 04 Apr 95
First off, I'd like to say I really liked your work.
I've only been a surfer for a couple of months and it's so
amazingly cool how much great work is out there in space.
How would of thunk it?
As to your being influenced by memory, I thought I'd tell you
an exhibit I saw about 10 years ago in a little gallery in
the East Village that really blew me away. Unfortunately,
I had a postcard from the gallery, but can't find it anymore.
The work consisted of little shrine like boxes -- something
between a buddhist prayer box and a cookoo clock. On the front
of the shrine was a painting with several images -- say of a
kite flying and a smiling woman. You then opened the small door
to the shrine and inside was a flip-picture book. You then
flipped through the book and saw a short film which showed a
child playing with a kite and his mother (the woman in the painting)
coming to help him. The artists (it was a pair working together
I remember that) were trying to utilize first an image which
didn't have any associations to it, but once you flipped through
the picture book, you know had a memory/experience with which
to associate the painting to. It was truly cool.
P.S. -- I'm a major Joseph Cornell fan myself. Have you ever seen
the documentary on his life which was narrated by Tony Curtis
(yes, the actor) who apparently was a collector and became
friends with Cornell for a number of years before his death.
Dr. B.
Mon, 03 Apr 95
Seanet, an internet provider in Seattle, featured your site
as "Cool site of the Day." Thanks for putting all this stuff on
the Web. Could you tell me a bit about yourself and how you got
into this media.
M.O.
Tue Apr 4
did your internetsite. Awesome. Dead and Yes and 77.1%. I look forward to
more and will tell others to visit your site.
T.P.
Tue Apr 4 1995
Just wonderful. BRAVO!
M.B.
Tue, 4 Apr 1995
"Y ahi, yo recorro mirando, mirando, sin aliento."
Don Juan as quoted by Carlos Casteneda
E.W.
Tue, 4 Apr 95
Impressive.
Conceptually, I've yet to see anything that matches your work on
the Internet. Although I am fairly new to the 'net, I've visited
numerous WWW sites and have yet to find any pages that push the
artistic possibilities of this environment as you have in your
pages.
When the public thinks of computer art, the typical image that
comes to mind is from the Mandlebrot set (which is what I would take
to be your "current hard edged approaches"). While these images are
inviting in themselves, there are no emotions or feelings behind
their origin (although I have seen read some quotes from
mathematicians that might argue the point). With your images
and your use of a mixture of words and images, you have created
something beautiful; something that has those missing expressions.
I applaud your work (loved the "canto" series and "night" series).
This is a definite addition to my hotlist for future visitations. I
hope all of this doesn't sound to gushing, but I wanted to try to
find some way to show my approval other than "Way cool".
G.A.W.
Tue, 04 Apr 95
Thank you for this wonderful site, and such an uplifting way
to utilize this medium. As an attorney who scans the Net for
diversion (yes, my life is missing something) yours is the first
to touch me. Thanks again.
A.
Tue Apr 4 1995
I tried sending you an email via netscape but no luck. Your page was
wonderful... I stumbled across it via Cool site of the Day. I thought
you would like to know... it was great! Thank you SO much -- it was
beautiful.
f. m.
Tue, 4 Apr 95
cool. one question? will the cd rom you speak of
that will be used as part of the installation in
museums and galleries be available for sale?
how can I get a copy?
totally cool.
K.
4 Apr 95
Hi there,
We found this wonderful piece of virtual art on a link from GNN. Oddly enough we saw the Cornell box and poem either at a museum or gallery in NYC not long ago. It was wonderful then and it was wonderful seeing it over the computer. I had my wife Catherine come and look at your notebook with me. We both thoroughly enjoyed your great artwork and will share it with many friends. Thank you for enlightening us on a blustery April day here in Boston.
Sincerely yours,
W. & C. N.
Wed, 22 Mar
Hey there.
I just got through cruising your "Rituals of Abandonment" and wanted to
say that it's truly amazing. Even though it's not finished yet, you
definitely seem to use the Web as a good medium, mixing the text and
photo images not only in the image (i.e. gif) itself but on screen as
well.
As a writer, amateur photographer and amateur computer hack, this
sampling of your work is very inspirational to me and I hope to
eventually either collaborate on or create a similar Web space.
Muchas gracias-
S.