Comments on: The Simplicity of the Path, The Fortitude to Keep to It (丑年) http://www.pgannon.com/papercuts/2008/12/08/the-simplicity-of-the-path-the-fortitude-to-keep-to-it-%e4%b8%91%e5%b9%b4/ inspiration, illustration and the cut-paper art of Patrick Gannon Wed, 07 Jul 2010 12:29:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: patrick http://www.pgannon.com/papercuts/2008/12/08/the-simplicity-of-the-path-the-fortitude-to-keep-to-it-%e4%b8%91%e5%b9%b4/comment-page-1/#comment-73191 patrick Thu, 11 Dec 2008 04:17:07 +0000 http://www.pgannon.com/papercuts/?p=176#comment-73191 Thanks for the comments and opinions! Looks like the sumi-e ox is in the lead right now! Myself, I can't choose between the two. They're kinda like my progeny and, as Dad used to say, I love them all equally, even if one's a bit simple. Thanks for the comments and opinions! Looks like the sumi-e ox is in the lead right now!

Myself, I can’t choose between the two. They’re kinda like my progeny and, as Dad used to say, I love them all equally, even if one’s a bit simple.

]]> By: eli http://www.pgannon.com/papercuts/2008/12/08/the-simplicity-of-the-path-the-fortitude-to-keep-to-it-%e4%b8%91%e5%b9%b4/comment-page-1/#comment-73176 eli Thu, 11 Dec 2008 02:45:09 +0000 http://www.pgannon.com/papercuts/?p=176#comment-73176 Really great, I like how it seems to be prancing rather than just plodding along. Really great, I like how it seems to be prancing rather than just plodding along.

]]> By: Curious Art http://www.pgannon.com/papercuts/2008/12/08/the-simplicity-of-the-path-the-fortitude-to-keep-to-it-%e4%b8%91%e5%b9%b4/comment-page-1/#comment-73137 Curious Art Wed, 10 Dec 2008 20:01:01 +0000 http://www.pgannon.com/papercuts/?p=176#comment-73137 I love the faux sumi-e. It really changes the energy of the ox! Rules are made to be broken now & again-- even the ones you make for yourself. I love the faux sumi-e. It really changes the energy of the ox! Rules are made to be broken now & again– even the ones you make for yourself.

]]> By: Patti http://www.pgannon.com/papercuts/2008/12/08/the-simplicity-of-the-path-the-fortitude-to-keep-to-it-%e4%b8%91%e5%b9%b4/comment-page-1/#comment-73111 Patti Wed, 10 Dec 2008 15:49:04 +0000 http://www.pgannon.com/papercuts/?p=176#comment-73111 Love them both, one more complicated than the other. One is majestically powerful with mythical overtones, the other simple, bold, earthy. As far as technique goes, it's ok to draw outside the lines, the effect is awesome, the colors perfect. Simplicity reigns. Love them both, one more complicated than the other. One is majestically powerful with mythical overtones, the other simple, bold, earthy. As far as technique goes, it’s ok to draw outside the lines, the effect is awesome, the colors perfect. Simplicity reigns.

]]> By: Bridget http://www.pgannon.com/papercuts/2008/12/08/the-simplicity-of-the-path-the-fortitude-to-keep-to-it-%e4%b8%91%e5%b9%b4/comment-page-1/#comment-73019 Bridget Tue, 09 Dec 2008 23:52:45 +0000 http://www.pgannon.com/papercuts/?p=176#comment-73019 Ok, the faux-sumi-e stroke is a new step, SUPER...perhaps in tune with the up coming new year....as well the hoof placement of the "new" Ox is much more earthy...he's taking up more comfortable space with this confident stroll around the pasture. However the original...'On the mountain top...' is so truly majestic...the contrast of the red and green... it wants to be the Ox and Taurus all at once... So fantastic that one work of art has begot another...I love to quilt and find that left over scraps make the best fodder for the next. Love the repetition of ideas, archetypes...not unlike the gray personae....'Until That Day...' He's so full of, yikes... fascinating gray matter. And most splendiferously interesting are the references to Japanese symbolism, great. New ground, however...fantastic...! bridget Ok, the faux-sumi-e stroke is a new step, SUPER…perhaps in tune with the up coming new year….as well the hoof placement of the “new” Ox is much more earthy…he’s taking up more comfortable space with this confident stroll around the pasture. However the original…’On the mountain top…’ is so truly majestic…the contrast of the red and green… it wants to be the Ox and Taurus all at once…
So fantastic that one work of art has begot another…I love to quilt and find that left over scraps make the best fodder for the next. Love the repetition of ideas, archetypes…not unlike the gray personae….’Until That Day…’ He’s so full of, yikes… fascinating gray matter. And most splendiferously interesting are the references to Japanese symbolism, great.
New ground, however…fantastic…!
bridget

]]> By: brine blank http://www.pgannon.com/papercuts/2008/12/08/the-simplicity-of-the-path-the-fortitude-to-keep-to-it-%e4%b8%91%e5%b9%b4/comment-page-1/#comment-72998 brine blank Tue, 09 Dec 2008 19:26:28 +0000 http://www.pgannon.com/papercuts/?p=176#comment-72998 Agreed...the cut paper brush stroke is really nice and pulls off a nice contrast. Agreed…the cut paper brush stroke is really nice and pulls off a nice contrast.

]]> By: Andrea Kobayashi http://www.pgannon.com/papercuts/2008/12/08/the-simplicity-of-the-path-the-fortitude-to-keep-to-it-%e4%b8%91%e5%b9%b4/comment-page-1/#comment-72950 Andrea Kobayashi Tue, 09 Dec 2008 08:31:28 +0000 http://www.pgannon.com/papercuts/?p=176#comment-72950 I like the little red Ox myself. The cut paper brush stroke is stupendous! So you break a rule now and then, shoganai! I like the little red Ox myself. The cut paper brush stroke is stupendous! So you break a rule now and then, shoganai!

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