I was driving 36 between Boulder and Lyons on a snowy day. Snow was falling and the previous week's snowfall was covering the foothills. The horizon was totally obscured by the clouds and snow, and the landforms were barely distinguishable, because it was approaching twilight and the diffuse light didn't create any contrasting shadows. But in the distance there was a smoke stack and I marveled at the difference in color, light, and behavior, between the smoke and the snow. It I could paint it, I would, but I can barely describe it. Seeing will have to be enough.
I'm guessing portraiture is a result of the resources available to you at the time. But then people are sometimes landscapes.
I have come to respect and admire Thoreau, but he is not easy to read. I think this is why his work is primarily administered via quotations. That being said, he did not really live all that separate from civilization himself. Walden Pond is not so far removed from Concord, and is in bicycling distance from Boston. I always thought Walden was a little lame considering the backdrop of Western Expansion; but then Thoreau was making do with what he had available, and that is what makes his message so important to us now.
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Date: 2007-12-20 03:56 am (UTC)I'm guessing portraiture is a result of the resources available to you at the time. But then people are sometimes landscapes.
I have come to respect and admire Thoreau, but he is not easy to read. I think this is why his work is primarily administered via quotations. That being said, he did not really live all that separate from civilization himself. Walden Pond is not so far removed from Concord, and is in bicycling distance from Boston. I always thought Walden was a little lame considering the backdrop of Western Expansion; but then Thoreau was making do with what he had available, and that is what makes his message so important to us now.