Comments for Aesthetic Cartography http://www.benhouge.com/writings The Blog of Ben Houge Sat, 25 May 2013 09:48:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 Comment on Arcanum at 60 by Herm http://www.benhouge.com/writings/?p=845#comment-104528 Herm Mon, 24 Sep 2012 13:55:38 +0000 http://www.benhouge.com/writings/?p=845#comment-104528 I still listen to the soundtrack while writing my study papers. Linked to so many memories! Great work Ben! I still listen to the soundtrack while writing my study papers. Linked to so many memories! Great work Ben!

]]> Comment on New Christmas Music by annssister http://www.benhouge.com/writings/?p=812#comment-75135 annssister Mon, 20 Feb 2012 03:08:21 +0000 http://www.benhouge.com/writings/?p=812#comment-75135 *Judge* you? I would have been so disappointed had you not included Erasure... *Judge* you? I would have been so disappointed had you not included Erasure…

]]> Comment on More Channels for Jay by Aesthetic Cartography » Blog Archive » Jay Chou vs. Bastion OST http://www.benhouge.com/writings/?p=5#comment-72852 Aesthetic Cartography » Blog Archive » Jay Chou vs. Bastion OST Sun, 05 Feb 2012 19:52:55 +0000 http://www.benhouge.com/writings/?p=5#comment-72852 [...] and I still harbor dreams of releasing a tribute CD one of these days. He was even the subject of my first ever post on this [...] [...] and I still harbor dreams of releasing a tribute CD one of these days. He was even the subject of my first ever post on this [...]

]]> Comment on New Christmas Music by gregorylent http://www.benhouge.com/writings/?p=812#comment-65268 gregorylent Fri, 23 Dec 2011 05:29:55 +0000 http://www.benhouge.com/writings/?p=812#comment-65268 have/ not has, of course .. i like disqus comment system, i can edit or correct my typos enjoy. merry christmas :-) have/ not has, of course .. i like disqus comment system, i can edit or correct my typos

enjoy.

merry christmas :-)

]]> Comment on New Christmas Music by gregorylent http://www.benhouge.com/writings/?p=812#comment-65267 gregorylent Fri, 23 Dec 2011 05:28:54 +0000 http://www.benhouge.com/writings/?p=812#comment-65267 i cannot remember the time when i loved "christmas music" .. when i was a kid? handel's messiah at st. marks cathedral in seattle? it has been an irritating seasonal soundtrack in consumption environments like malls and starbucks for so long that all meaning, all melodic value, all emotional feeling, has been diluted to the point of disappearance. i cannot remember the time when i loved “christmas music” .. when i was a kid? handel’s messiah at st. marks cathedral in seattle?

it has been an irritating seasonal soundtrack in consumption environments like malls and starbucks for so long that all meaning, all melodic value, all emotional feeling, has been diluted to the point of disappearance.

]]> Comment on Departure from The Point of Departure by Aesthetic Cartography » Blog Archive » 29 Giraffes http://www.benhouge.com/writings/?p=581#comment-55022 Aesthetic Cartography » Blog Archive » 29 Giraffes Tue, 01 Nov 2011 19:48:29 +0000 http://www.benhouge.com/writings/?p=581#comment-55022 [...] [the studio] and the current exhibition, several of these images were included in my solo show “The Point of Departure” at the True Color Museum in Suzhou about a year ago (read the little blurb I wrote about the [...] [...] [the studio] and the current exhibition, several of these images were included in my solo show “The Point of Departure” at the True Color Museum in Suzhou about a year ago (read the little blurb I wrote about the [...]

]]> Comment on 29 Giraffes by gregorylent http://www.benhouge.com/writings/?p=764#comment-55005 gregorylent Tue, 01 Nov 2011 16:53:51 +0000 http://www.benhouge.com/writings/?p=764#comment-55005 that image you wish to use in future is indeed wonderful i think there is huge potential for your visual art ... although i miss texture and hand and shakti in reproductions of digital art in any (flat) medium ... a big-time art pro would hire assistants to make oil paintings of the pieces such as the one about that you like so much .. maybe 6 feet square, or, if you are william kentridge, you would get local people to make tapestries of them, $100,000 a pop .. his work is brilliant by the way, animated drawings that he then turns into sculptures, tapestries, operas, etc ... :-) that image you wish to use in future is indeed wonderful

i think there is huge potential for your visual art … although i miss texture and hand and shakti in reproductions of digital art in any (flat) medium … a big-time art pro would hire assistants to make oil paintings of the pieces such as the one about that you like so much .. maybe 6 feet square, or, if you are william kentridge, you would get local people to make tapestries of them, $100,000 a pop .. his work is brilliant by the way, animated drawings that he then turns into sculptures, tapestries, operas, etc … :-)

]]> Comment on Kaleidoscope Wallpaper by Aesthetic Cartography » Blog Archive » 29 Giraffes http://www.benhouge.com/writings/?p=238#comment-54949 Aesthetic Cartography » Blog Archive » 29 Giraffes Tue, 01 Nov 2011 05:08:30 +0000 http://www.benhouge.com/writings/?p=238#comment-54949 [...] (Dig Boston feature, Artforum critic’s pick, Kickstarter project, and several exhaustive blog posts, for [...] [...] (Dig Boston feature, Artforum critic’s pick, Kickstarter project, and several exhaustive blog posts, for [...]

]]> Comment on Song and Me by Aesthetic Cartography » Blog Archive » Mobile 4 http://www.benhouge.com/writings/?p=222#comment-46444 Aesthetic Cartography » Blog Archive » Mobile 4 Thu, 01 Sep 2011 23:23:47 +0000 http://www.benhouge.com/writings/?p=222#comment-46444 [...] from 1993, the song “Missing Ellen” was written for her (read more about such juvenilia here).  We seem to meet up every five years or so like clockwork; the previous visit had been in San [...] [...] from 1993, the song “Missing Ellen” was written for her (read more about such juvenilia here).  We seem to meet up every five years or so like clockwork; the previous visit had been in San [...]

]]> Comment on My Qanun Lesson by Shabnam http://www.benhouge.com/writings/?p=386#comment-38583 Shabnam Mon, 27 Jun 2011 03:29:28 +0000 http://www.benhouge.com/writings/?p=386#comment-38583 Wow. What a fascinating story...I play the qanun fairly well, I started when I was 9. Of course I play the Turkish version, but I also have the Arabic styled instrument. I sadly cannot play that one for it is more for its presence than its sound...But it is just wonderful the things it can do! I love it when people from different backgrounds come together to learn about each other and what resembles a tradition or people. If you like to listen to the qanun played in a different setting, perhaps Turkish or Iraki, I suggest Ibrahim Tatlises' Antebin Kalestine, and mostly Ilham Al Madfai' s Mohamad Bouya Mohamed. The last song was the reason I even began playing. Congrats on the awesome journey! Thanks Wow. What a fascinating story…I play the qanun fairly well, I started when I was 9. Of course I play the Turkish version, but I also have the Arabic styled instrument. I sadly cannot play that one for it is more for its presence than its sound…But it is just wonderful the things it can do! I love it when people from different backgrounds come together to learn about each other and what resembles a tradition or people. If you like to listen to the qanun played in a different setting, perhaps Turkish or Iraki, I suggest Ibrahim Tatlises’ Antebin Kalestine, and mostly Ilham Al Madfai’ s Mohamad Bouya Mohamed. The last song was the reason I even began playing. Congrats on the awesome journey!

Thanks

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