Comments for The Impression of Art at http://medhajournal.com , comment 1 to 2 out of 2 comments http://medhajournal.com Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:23:27 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://medhajournal.com/poetry/275-the-impression-of-art.html#comment-4165 Have only seen paintings by Van Gogh and Renoir. Now here's something profoundly wise realized by an amateur artist painting a tree. He said : To really paint a tree you have to FEEL its growth as a painter yourself. So, you have to start from its roots, the dark subterranean soil from where it struggles for existence. Then the trunk, where it survives to stand its ground. To bring out its struggle for survival, you've got to bring out the twisted, gnarled bark. Then you've got to end your painting at its leaves, which are reaching out at the sunshine for sustenance. Only then can you paint the beauty of the leaves. I heard these wise words in 1991 February. - Debajyoti Dutta-Roy Fri, 21 Aug 2009 07:33:31 +0100 http://medhajournal.com/poetry/275-the-impression-of-art.html#comment-1221 Thanks Partha. The experience of reading a good book or looking at a beautiful painting is evocative. I wrote this poem after my first visit to the famed art museums of Paris many years ago. My father is an amateur artist and I had grown up seeing all these paintings in books .. but nothing had prepared me for the experience of seeing these marvelous art works with my own naked eyes!! - Mita Fri, 25 Jan 2008 12:07:50 +0100