studio index: Inspiration of Late: Yifat Gat

Thursday, March 17, 2011

Inspiration of Late: Yifat Gat

In a lovely turn of events, Yifat contacted me through Facebook--to let me know of a post of my work on her blog. I then came to know her enigmatic-while-being pointedly-precise images through her website. Again, there are many more treasures than this one...

3 comments:

Garima said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; March 18, 2011 at 5:08 AM
Garima said...: (whoops spelling mistake above)

wow! her work is lovely, and her blog is such a great resource; March 18, 2011 at 5:10 AM
Aase G said...: I came across your blog by a google-search on Richard Tuttle + Nishidam, and now I see you read Yifat Gat's blog too... I do too. Funny how paths cross on the net..; April 2, 2011 at 4:09 PM

Notes

Within an ephemeral present, we return through memory to things, places, and events in the past in order to find purpose and direction in our lives. Meaningful time is elliptical time.
Vigen Guroian

I have concluded that the whole misfortune of men comes from a single thing, and that is their inability to remain at rest in a room.

Blaise Pascal

May your imagination know the grace of perfect danger.

John O'Donohue

The amount of life I can put through my eyes is the amount I can see.

Ivan Albright

When I painted a chair recently, I noticed that I put the paint on indifferently, smoothly but without particular attention. The results were satisfactory but not in any sense beautiful. Does the attention in itself with which paint is applied in art actually change the effect of the paint? Does the kind of consciousness with which we act determine the quality of our actions? It would follow, if this were true that the higher the degree of consciousness, the higher the quality of art. I think it likely. Training in art is, then, a demand that students increase the consciousness with which they employ techniques that are, in themselves, ordinary.

Anne Truitt, Daybook

It was suggested to me that I would want to preface this reading tonight with a short statement about my philosophy of writing. Of course I don't want to do anything of the kind. My approach to literary problems is very much like the one Dr. Johnson's blind housekeeper used when she poured tea for him. She put her finger inside the cup.

Flannery O'Connor