'To inhabit the fashionable instant is to live forever.' You touch upon the instinct of living beings, that of inhabiting the instant with vitality. Yet, those conscious of outward appearance and their fashionable moment want to draw attention to their visual appearance. Why is some of that appearance deemed timeless ? Yes, when there are classical comparisons to balance, harmony, reserve and calm, values that have proven worthy over millennia, the visual appeal claim is timeless. But, there are other values in fashion too, such as verve, pizzazz, or freshness. How about sexy ! Certainly, being alive, we wish to feel like we live forever and appreciate the phenomenon. Visual arts
give us those insights too, in different ways.
Can we wonder about the frequent combination of visual art and visual fashions and the underlying values involved in both ? I submit that both generate meanings and values that overlap. I love fashionable people my exhibitions. It feels more vibrant and intense and many of those people are interesting in themselves. But beyond that utility, high visual art reveals metaphysical values and meanings however unique to our times that are poignant to all times: the fundamental contemplations about being human. High visual fashion brings to mind values of our immediate being, like verve or calm and harmony. Both these expressions show us into our human qualities and compliment one another. This is why those photographs seem so right, so normal: the sculptural forms and evening gowns belong together, as they so often do go together.
NOTE-- The granite forms last longer than the wool and silk, and I suggest that high visual art conveys more poignant metaphysical meanings than high visual fashions.
'To inhabit the fashionable instant is to live forever.' You touch upon the instinct of living beings, that of inhabiting the instant with vitality. Yet, those conscious of outward appearance and their fashionable moment want to draw attention to their visual appearance. Why is some of that appearance deemed timeless ? Yes, when there are classical comparisons to balance, harmony, reserve and calm, values that have proven worthy over millennia, the visual appeal claim is timeless. But, there are other values in fashion too, such as verve, pizzazz, or freshness. How about sexy ! Certainly, being alive, we wish to feel like we live forever and appreciate the phenomenon. Visual arts
give us those insights too, in different ways.
Can we wonder about the frequent combination of visual art and visual fashions and the underlying values involved in both ? I submit that both generate meanings and values that overlap. I love fashionable people my exhibitions. It feels more vibrant and intense and many of those people are interesting in themselves. But beyond that utility, high visual art reveals metaphysical values and meanings however unique to our times that are poignant to all times: the fundamental contemplations about being human. High visual fashion brings to mind values of our immediate being, like verve or calm and harmony. Both these expressions show us into our human qualities and compliment one another. This is why those photographs seem so right, so normal: the sculptural forms and evening gowns belong together, as they so often do go together.
NOTE-- The granite forms last longer than the wool and silk, and I suggest that high visual art conveys more poignant metaphysical meanings than high visual fashions.