tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406446365589143789.post7415258182924431077..comments2023-07-03T09:22:01.637+01:00Comments on tasting rhubarb: Even Kooler Kwan YinJeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08690685768980280402noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406446365589143789.post-64841832095387406722009-10-13T20:58:16.251+01:002009-10-13T20:58:16.251+01:00The Gormley essay reminds me of how I used to fant...The Gormley essay reminds me of how I used to fantasize about becoming an itinerant buddhist iconographic sculptor, impressed by the mossy stone statues I encountered all over Japan. They tend to be, as he says, very site-specific, and the attraction for me was primarily the making of a beautiful outdoor sculpture, not so much the religious practice. Now I am slightly horrified that I ever would have fantasized about trying to improve on natural cliffs and boulders, destroying their own unique presence in the process of manufacturing a stereotyped presence from an alien thought-system.Davehttp://www.vianegativa.usnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406446365589143789.post-10511090805944189402009-10-13T14:44:39.616+01:002009-10-13T14:44:39.616+01:00Very cool.Very cool.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com