Legenda Maris
“And I never told you. But tonight, tonight I think I will. Why not? The wine was very nice, and there’s still the other bottle. The autumn dusk is warm, clear and beautiful, and the stars are blazing over the bay. It’s so quiet; when the tide starts to come back, we’ll hear it. You’re absolutely right. I’m obsessive about the sea. And that picture, the Magritte.
Of course, it’s a print, nothing more, though that was quite difficult to obtain. I saw it first in a book, when I was eighteen or so.... I felt a strangeness about it even then. Naturally, most of Magritte is bizarre. If you respond to him, you get special sensations, special inner stirrings over any or all of what he did, regardless even of whether you care for it or not. But this one – this one.... He had a sort of game whereby he’d often call a picture by a name that had no connection—or no apparent connection—with its subject matter. The idea, I believe, was to throw out prior conception. I mean, generally you’re told you’re looking at a picture called ‘Basket of Apples’, and it’s apples in a basket.MoreLess
Of course, it’s a print, nothing more, though that was quite difficult to obtain. I saw it first in a book, when I was eighteen or so.... I felt a strangeness about it even then. Naturally, most of Magritte is bizarre. If you respond to him, you get special sensations, special inner stirrings over any or all of what he did, regardless even of whether you care for it or not. But this one – this one.... He had a sort of game whereby he’d often call a picture by a name that had no connection—or no apparent connection—with its subject matter. The idea, I believe, was to throw out prior conception. I mean, generally you’re told you’re looking at a picture called ‘Basket of Apples’, and it’s apples in a basket.MoreLess
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