Meeting Chuck Close by Scott Glass https://padlet.com/sglass771/1lp6c1h9048f my aesthetic moment en-us 2016-12-11 22:55:56 UTC 2024-07-23 01:47:49 UTC hello@padlet.com Here's what I remember. sglass771 https://padlet.com/sglass771/1lp6c1h9048f/wish/143023957 2016-12-11 22:56:41 UTC https://padlet.com/sglass771/1lp6c1h9048f/wish/143023957 sglass771 https://padlet.com/sglass771/1lp6c1h9048f/wish/143024187 2016-12-11 23:01:26 UTC https://padlet.com/sglass771/1lp6c1h9048f/wish/143024187 sglass771 https://padlet.com/sglass771/1lp6c1h9048f/wish/143024267 2016-12-11 23:02:43 UTC https://padlet.com/sglass771/1lp6c1h9048f/wish/143024267 sglass771 https://padlet.com/sglass771/1lp6c1h9048f/wish/143024313 2016-12-11 23:03:47 UTC https://padlet.com/sglass771/1lp6c1h9048f/wish/143024313 Exhaust. sglass771 https://padlet.com/sglass771/1lp6c1h9048f/wish/143024328 2016-12-11 23:04:05 UTC https://padlet.com/sglass771/1lp6c1h9048f/wish/143024328 Bodegas. sglass771 https://padlet.com/sglass771/1lp6c1h9048f/wish/143024341 2016-12-11 23:04:21 UTC https://padlet.com/sglass771/1lp6c1h9048f/wish/143024341 And people. sglass771 https://padlet.com/sglass771/1lp6c1h9048f/wish/143024356 2016-12-11 23:04:40 UTC https://padlet.com/sglass771/1lp6c1h9048f/wish/143024356 sglass771 https://padlet.com/sglass771/1lp6c1h9048f/wish/143024649 By the third day in New York City, I was completely disoriented by the non-stop movement of people. What we needed, we decided, was the stillness of a museum. We chose the MoMA. And that is where I encountered the “Big Self-Portrait.”

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]]> 2016-12-11 23:25:24 UTC https://padlet.com/sglass771/1lp6c1h9048f/wish/143025246 Immediately, I had questions: I wanted to ask the face why he would present himself in such a way: sglass771 https://padlet.com/sglass771/1lp6c1h9048f/wish/143025420 2016-12-11 23:29:37 UTC https://padlet.com/sglass771/1lp6c1h9048f/wish/143025420 sglass771 https://padlet.com/sglass771/1lp6c1h9048f/wish/143025731 2016-12-11 23:39:14 UTC https://padlet.com/sglass771/1lp6c1h9048f/wish/143025731 sglass771 https://padlet.com/sglass771/1lp6c1h9048f/wish/143025776 2016-12-11 23:40:24 UTC https://padlet.com/sglass771/1lp6c1h9048f/wish/143025776 sglass771 https://padlet.com/sglass771/1lp6c1h9048f/wish/143025819 2016-12-11 23:41:40 UTC https://padlet.com/sglass771/1lp6c1h9048f/wish/143025819 eyes drooping and nose bent, sglass771 https://padlet.com/sglass771/1lp6c1h9048f/wish/143025993 2016-12-11 23:44:32 UTC https://padlet.com/sglass771/1lp6c1h9048f/wish/143025993 cigarette dangling? sglass771 https://padlet.com/sglass771/1lp6c1h9048f/wish/143026029 2016-12-11 23:45:13 UTC https://padlet.com/sglass771/1lp6c1h9048f/wish/143026029 hair disheveled, sglass771 https://padlet.com/sglass771/1lp6c1h9048f/wish/143026068 2016-12-11 23:45:55 UTC https://padlet.com/sglass771/1lp6c1h9048f/wish/143026068 The face offered no answers, though. It only offered uncertainty about its origin, its background, and even its production. sglass771 https://padlet.com/sglass771/1lp6c1h9048f/wish/143026117 2016-12-11 23:46:58 UTC https://padlet.com/sglass771/1lp6c1h9048f/wish/143026117 sglass771 https://padlet.com/sglass771/1lp6c1h9048f/wish/143028500 Chuck Close, "Big Self-Portrait," 1967-68]]> 2016-12-12 00:37:17 UTC https://padlet.com/sglass771/1lp6c1h9048f/wish/143028500 And as I stood, surprised, the face glowered and lazed and smirked and scoffed and never spoke. sglass771 https://padlet.com/sglass771/1lp6c1h9048f/wish/143117342 2016-12-12 14:13:34 UTC https://padlet.com/sglass771/1lp6c1h9048f/wish/143117342 I stepped in close. sglass771 https://padlet.com/sglass771/1lp6c1h9048f/wish/143117864 2016-12-12 14:15:28 UTC https://padlet.com/sglass771/1lp6c1h9048f/wish/143117864 Staring at the face, thinking my questions, meeting his gaze. sglass771 https://padlet.com/sglass771/1lp6c1h9048f/wish/143118047 2016-12-12 14:16:05 UTC https://padlet.com/sglass771/1lp6c1h9048f/wish/143118047 sglass771 https://padlet.com/sglass771/1lp6c1h9048f/wish/143118346 2016-12-12 14:17:06 UTC https://padlet.com/sglass771/1lp6c1h9048f/wish/143118346 sglass771 https://padlet.com/sglass771/1lp6c1h9048f/wish/143120869 2016-12-12 14:25:25 UTC https://padlet.com/sglass771/1lp6c1h9048f/wish/143120869 The artist's name. sglass771 https://padlet.com/sglass771/1lp6c1h9048f/wish/143120995 2016-12-12 14:25:48 UTC https://padlet.com/sglass771/1lp6c1h9048f/wish/143120995 I struggled to connect the face with the music of that name. It was less like a person and more like a mystery on a monumental scale. . . sglass771 https://padlet.com/sglass771/1lp6c1h9048f/wish/143121328 2016-12-12 14:26:52 UTC https://padlet.com/sglass771/1lp6c1h9048f/wish/143121328 sglass771 https://padlet.com/sglass771/1lp6c1h9048f/wish/143121881 2016-12-12 14:28:33 UTC https://padlet.com/sglass771/1lp6c1h9048f/wish/143121881 sglass771 https://padlet.com/sglass771/1lp6c1h9048f/wish/143122187 2016-12-12 14:29:26 UTC https://padlet.com/sglass771/1lp6c1h9048f/wish/143122187 We all identify with faces. We are our faces: the wrinkles, scars, and blemishes. But faces, like art, pose questions. Faces, like art, are questions. Beauty animates both, seen but not understood. sglass771 https://padlet.com/sglass771/1lp6c1h9048f/wish/143122340 2016-12-12 14:29:52 UTC https://padlet.com/sglass771/1lp6c1h9048f/wish/143122340 sglass771 https://padlet.com/sglass771/1lp6c1h9048f/wish/143122612 2016-12-12 14:30:28 UTC https://padlet.com/sglass771/1lp6c1h9048f/wish/143122612 sglass771 https://padlet.com/sglass771/1lp6c1h9048f/wish/143225130 2016-12-12 19:34:15 UTC https://padlet.com/sglass771/1lp6c1h9048f/wish/143225130 sglass771 https://padlet.com/sglass771/1lp6c1h9048f/wish/143227472 2016-12-12 19:42:53 UTC https://padlet.com/sglass771/1lp6c1h9048f/wish/143227472 sglass771 https://padlet.com/sglass771/1lp6c1h9048f/wish/215777692 2017-12-13 13:44:20 UTC https://padlet.com/sglass771/1lp6c1h9048f/wish/215777692 sglass771 https://padlet.com/sglass771/1lp6c1h9048f/wish/215778004 2017-12-13 13:45:04 UTC https://padlet.com/sglass771/1lp6c1h9048f/wish/215778004 sglass771 https://padlet.com/sglass771/1lp6c1h9048f/wish/215778346 2017-12-13 13:45:46 UTC https://padlet.com/sglass771/1lp6c1h9048f/wish/215778346 Lots of people. sglass771 https://padlet.com/sglass771/1lp6c1h9048f/wish/215778871 2017-12-13 13:46:54 UTC https://padlet.com/sglass771/1lp6c1h9048f/wish/215778871