Comments on: Past Present Future, Part II

By: SanityFound

SanityFound — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 13:05:04 +0000

*ahem* is aiming while your foot slips still classified as an accident for it really was one I swear it! Just for the record she was mean and I am sweet, tried to save the world one traffic cop at a time…

By: w1kkp

w1kkp — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 10:45:24 +0000

Razz, exactly! Art truly does transport me and on some days, of some months, of some years, it has even have transported me to safety. I totally love that you get this part!!

Sanity, c’mon, girl. Did you deliberately try to knock the lady down or did your foot on the accelerator slip?

By: SanityFound

SanityFound — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 09:53:04 +0000

From experience not always heaven, I tried to knock over the lady that was testing me during my driver’s test and well hmmm didn’t go down so well excuse the pun…. now for some reason people think I am a danger on the roads *shrug* for what reason I do not know! Please don’t let Amber see that comment I’ll never hear the end of it!!!

By: razzbuffnik

razzbuffnik — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 08:26:46 +0000

“Razzman…who knew this about you?”

I’m a multi-talented pan-dimensional being ;-)

“lead tetroxide? Is that a fire accelerant?”

No. Zinc and aluminium dust are much more entertaining.

“Is this why you know so much about it??”

No, but I’ve been aware of the connection between Saturn and lead for years. The alchemical symbol for lead was also used to represent the planet Saturn in astrology.

Back in my dark ages, I used to dabble in such things.

I can’t imagine that Kapoor wouldn’t be aware of the connection as well.

I like the word “saturnine” (for strange some reason). The word evokes in me thoughts about Cronos and how he ate his children. A dark and brooding existence he must have had.

Which in turn reminds me of the first verse of Ulysses by Alfred Lord Tennyson

“It little profits that an idle king,
By this still hearth, among these barren crags,
Matched with an aged wife, I mete and dole
Unequal laws unto a savage race,
That hoard, and sleep, and feed, and know not me.”

Don’t you just love the way art transports one? As you can see, it drags me all over the place.

By: w1kkp

w1kkp — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 01:43:31 +0000

Yes, Tysdaddy, perhaps I too should have just walked on by. A friend just called me who read the blog and said Sometimes walking on by is a good thing, no? Grrr…I said back.

The pedestrians have the right away, Sanity, until they are run over then they go to heaven.

Razzman…who knew this about you? lead tetroxide? Is that a fire accelerant? Is this why you know so much about it??

By: razzbuffnik

razzbuffnik — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 19:37:34 +0000

I was referencing “Saturn (actually titled, Past Present Future) is red from wax–pounds and pounds and pounds of wax, ”

Lead tetroxide is red and it’s used in red pigments.
Lead is heavy and dense.

It seems to me that Kapoor is playing around with the idea that Saturn is saturnine.

By: SanityFound

SanityFound — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 17:23:15 +0000

Oh wows it was as if I was walking in your shoes, smelling what you smelt, seeing what you saw, wows! Absolutely incredible as always!

PS Boston definitely sounds incredible… pedestrians that have right of way??? heaven!

By: tysdaddy

tysdaddy — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 16:21:41 +0000

Another wonderfully descriptive piece. Glad you got something out of the exhibit. Many people just stare and move on . . .

By: w1kkp

w1kkp — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 14:32:39 +0000

Razz, are you telling me I am suffering from lead poisoning and am not, alas, still “becoming”? Nah. I think you’re just doing wordplay on Saturn. Right? Er…that is right, isn’t it?

By: razzbuffnik

razzbuffnik — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 14:21:12 +0000

saturnine
–adjective
1. sluggish in temperament; gloomy; taciturn.
2. suffering from lead poisoning, as a person.
3. due to absorption of lead, as bodily disorders.