{"id":724,"date":"2018-09-25T11:42:24","date_gmt":"2018-09-25T15:42:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mutualgaze.com\/blog\/?p=724"},"modified":"2021-08-21T18:46:46","modified_gmt":"2021-08-21T22:46:46","slug":"moby-dick-still-whalin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/mutualgaze.com\/blog\/2018\/09\/25\/moby-dick-still-whalin\/","title":{"rendered":"Moby Dick and Us"},"content":{"rendered":"

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“Extracts”. 1993 1 of a series of prints exhibited at Anders Wahlstedt Fine Art, NYC<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Moby Dick has inspired visual artists always and these prints are superb. I think it\u2019s the language, the way images roll through the story. Like water. Like whales.<\/p>\n

I opened Moby Dick the day the towers went down on 9\/11 and spent the year making 100 wax prints, painting over images appropriated from the web. Seeing Stella\u2019s \u201cExtracts\u201d pings my heart – where he used lattice, I used images of the towers’ twisted grid. My city was freeze-framed under water, \u00a0images of whales watching diners through broken glass.<\/p>\n

The book is a volcano of inspiration. What is it with us and the whale? We hunted, dismembered, idolized and ate. A tremendous price for our unchecked population as we gorge ourselves on the earth’s resources.<\/p>\n

Rereading now with the Burlington Writers Workshop lit group. Joyful! Overwhelming. Capricious. Universal. Scary, all of the above.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Moby Dick has inspired visual artists always and these prints are superb. I think it\u2019s the language, the way images roll through the story. Like water. Like whales. I opened Moby Dick the day the towers went down on 9\/11 and spent the year making 100 wax prints, painting over images appropriated from the web. … <\/p>\n

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