Aesthetic Perfection - a small oasis in a bilge full of politics

[Paul Pless]

I don't like being constantly barraged with politics, without an alternative for escape and generally friendlier discussion. In the hopes that there may be others like me I offer up this thread as place to post things (generally man made things that you admire for their aesthetic value) Perhaps you may even be inspired to post similar non-political threads.

[Paul Pless]

NuWaco ATO Taperwing Prototype

[P.I. Stazzer-Newt]

Dwt

[Norman Bernstein]

OK, I'll bite.

I rewatched a lovely little film last night: 'Tortilla Soup', starring Hector Alizando and Elizabth Pena.

No spectacular CGI effects. No blood and gore. No thrill-a-minute action scenes. No gratuitous sex.

Just a really nice story about a semi-retired Mexican chef, and his three unmarried daughters.... and a plotline involving family, growing to adulthood, and above all else, food!

I love 'little' films like this. They will never get an academy award.... but they satisfy the soul.

Tonight, I think I'll re-watch yet another little gem: 'Lone Star', with Chris Cooper, Kris Kristofferson, Matthew McConnaughy, and (also) Elizabeth Pena. This film positively sings to my heart... about unfulfilled desire, honor, repentance, and redemption.

(Non-political enough for ya, Paul?)

[Jim Ledger]

Here ya go, Paul...

[ron ll]

I rewatched a lovely little film last night: 'Tortilla Soup', starring Hector Alizando and Elizabth Pena.

I agree, great feel-good movie.

But as long as Paul started with airplanes, I have to do this for now.

[Paul Pless]

Here ya go, Paul...

Love the sandbaggers. Just absolutely love them. . .

[Gerarddm]

It is not possible for humans to improve upon the egg.

[David G]

Well... I almost posted a foto of Pelosi, but she's not entirely man-made.

How about this:

[ron ll]

Of course the Bilbao Guggenheim Museum by Frank Gehry. I tried to find the photographer's credit but no luck. But nice building, nice photo.

[SMARTINSEN]

[ron ll]

Wright's Robie house?

[ron ll]

It is not possible for humans to improve upon the egg.

They'd sure be easier to ship if they were square.

[Paul Pless]

[Mrleft8]

Of course the Bilbao Guggenheim Museum by Frank Gehry. I tried to find the photographer's credit but no luck. But nice building, nice photo.

See?...... And this is where the whole thing falls apart..... I find that building, and indeed most of Frank Gehry's buildings, sculpture, and furniture to be hideous affronts to aesthetic expression. In fact, I only say "most" because there might be, somewhere, something that that architectural miscreant designed that isn't offensive.

[S.V. Airlie]

just because it's spring too.

[BrianY]

Debussy's The Girl with the Flaxen Hair - surely the most perfect 2 minutes and some odd seconds of music ever composed.







Photos by Franz Lanting


The gravel and rock garden at the Royanji temple in Kyoto

[ron ll]

"Falling Water" (Kaufman house) by Frank Lloyd Wright.
I'm quite sure this photo is by Julius Shulman but again I can't find the credit.

[ron ll]

See?...... And this is where the whole thing falls apart..... I find that building, and indeed most of Frank Gehry's buildings, sculpture, and furniture to be hideous affronts to aesthetic expression. In fact, I only say "most" because there might be, somewhere, something that that architectural miscreant designed that isn't offensive.

That's why there's chocolate and vanilla.
Can you imagine how boring the world would be if everyone liked exactly the same thing?

[S.V. Airlie]

And if you live in paradise and not HELL!

[Peerie Maa]

[The Bigfella]

[Lew Barrett]

Ron, weren't we saying over coffee that Gehry is an acquired taste?






Virtual Tour

[Gerarddm]

Hughes H1 Racer, Jim Wright's replica:

[Uncle Duke]

No cars yet? Inconceivable! Ferrari 330 P4:

[Paul Pless]

No cars yet? Inconceivable!

I was on my way to find a suitable pic of McLaren's MP4/5. . .

[ron ll]

Ron, weren't we saying over coffee that Gehry is an acquired taste?

Definitely. I won't defend the EMP too vigorously (despite my small part in it ), but I really do like the Bilbao Guggenheim and the LA concert hall. Most who are willing to push the envelope in the arts get heavily criticized in their time. Wright and Beethoven both come to mind.

[Gerarddm]

I think Gehry has become a stylist, rather than a designer per se.

Agree entirely about the Ferrari 330P4:

[ron ll]

Of the several Alfas I've owned, this is the one I always wanted but never got. Maybe someday.

[The Bigfella]

[Donn]

[Donn]

[Joe ( Cold Spring on Hudson )]

For me most aesthetic perfection is found "in the moment"

Like now I'm enjoying some rigatoni alfresco with my home made Sunday gravy with a glass of wonderful new Dave Mathues red called Crush, about $10 a bottle



Simple pleasures are sometimes the most beautiful

[Paul Pless]

That's a beautiful Japanese garden Donn.

[Joe ( Cold Spring on Hudson )]

Again I prefer "real" aethectic

[ron ll]

(generally man made things that you admire for their aesthetic value)

...?

[Donn]

That's a beautiful Japanese garden Donn.

That's at the Como Observatory, in St. Paul, MN. It's a fabulous place, with, among other things, the largest collection of Bonsai in the upper midwest.

[Lew Barrett]

[Donn]

[Peerie Maa]

[Mrleft8]

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[Joe ( Cold Spring on Hudson )]

[bobbys]

[bobbys]

Just saying hello on my walk on the dock.

[Chris Coose]

Pictures forthcoming of 1970 Triumph Tiger tear down and rebuild which began this past weekend with friend and Brit bike officianado Chris.
This bike has had very little screwing with since it was built and since I got it in 1975.

We seek to roll with the aesthetic justice it's designers incorporated into it and we are just the guys to do it.

[bobbys]

Pictures forthcoming of 1970 Triumph Tiger tear down and rebuild which began this past weekend with friend and Brit bike officianado Chris.
This bike has had very little screwing with since it was built and since I got it in 1975.

We seek to roll with the aesthetic justice it's designers incorporated into it and we are just the guys to do it.

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A friend had one in a barn all apart and i tried everything to get it but some one else got it before i could.

A few old English sports car were there but i was pushing for the MC .

[Basir]

http://www.city-barge.org/Forcula300.JPG

[Gerarddm]

O my yes. The Triumph Bonnevile/Tiger of 1969/70 was a sublime design.

Also, this, an Egli/Vincent cafe' racer:

[Shang]

[Paul Pless]