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Tuesday, 16 December 2014

Homenaje a Caspar David Friedrich

I was leaving A Coruña when I caught sight of the scene. It remembered me immediately of CDF (*):
"The artist should not only paint what he sees before him, but also what he sees in himself."
A Coruña was my last destination of the year, during which I have traveled more extensively than before (also included Dresden where CDF chose to live): Red balloons - 1st visit 
But what in reality can I tell from such experience? And, if I have changed because of an art museum, a chamber concert, an historical bridge, some persons I met, a book I could finish in the train, or any adventure out of plan... how did that take place?  (Zoomed in↓Excluding Helsinki & Xi'an)
By now I see nothing clearly, or at least, not in a logical way. I'd better "refrain from describing what I have seen before me" as CDF suggested. (**)





* Collage made from:
                           - Ostermorgen
                           Zwei Männer am Meer
                           Mondaufgang am Meer
                           Mondaufgang am Meer (also in 1822, but a different work)
                           Sonnenuntergang
                           Mann und Frau den Mond betrachtend
                           Zwei Männer in Betrachtung des Mondes
                           Auf dem Segler

** Quotation: Origianl source

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