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Qid Love πŸ•‰οΈπŸ’•πŸŽΈπŸ³οΈβ€βš§οΈ's avatar

I missed these posts. It’s bittersweet but good to be back 😊

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Minor Fossil's avatar

You captured the painting perfectly. I'm going to have to give "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" a read as well.

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Peter Blasevick's avatar

Thanx! Yes, must read!

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Alexander Ipfelkofer's avatar

I am not big on manga, more a Shogun kinda guy but that scroll! Man! Great reduction, sweet dissonance.

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Kate Whelan's avatar

One of my favorite beats to date.

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Peter Blasevick's avatar

Me too! A little over the top grandiose I suppose but a lot of fun to do.

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Fog Chaser's avatar

Jeez. You've done it AGAIN, Peter. By day I work in an art museum, and I just love the scope of your artistic interests. (Coincidentally we just closed a big exhibition of Hokusai and other Japanese prints earlier this year β€” it was excellent).

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Peter Blasevick's avatar

Oh wow, didn’t know you worked in a museum, very envious! Thanks much for the kind words.

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Fog Chaser's avatar

I just write grants, but I do get to walk by one of Monet's "Waterlilies" when I need to go to the bathroom. It's pretty great.

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Ann Collins's avatar

I appreciate the way you distill complexity into the simplest elements of geometry & color. Then, to my ear, it's like you mix and add back all the pieces you subtracted-- by turning them into different layers of sound. Very weird and very cool. You must be having so much fun.

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Peter Blasevick's avatar

Wow, that is such a great way of thinking about the process. Man, I love this Substack community, such cool people with such cool ideas.

And yes, this project is probably the most fun I’ve ever had doing art.

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Jason McBride's avatar

I was stoked the moment I saw the title of your post. Peter, you've managed to hit another of my favorite things. I love "Romance of the Three Kingdoms"! It's marvelously weird. You did a great job of creating a soaring, sweeping soundtrack to accompany this epic tale!

Katsushika Ōi’s work is even more interesting to me than the stuff by (attributed?) to her more famou father. The color palette in "Operating on Guan Yu's Arm" is fantastic, and feels more modern that it should having been painted in the mid-19th century.

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Peter Blasevick's avatar

Wow, thanx! I now have no excuse, must find time to read. And agreed, the colors seem so modern!

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