There was no tension in those apples, but rather eccentricity and perhaps even madness. Why did one fall away? Who allowed that to happen? Abnormality. A failure to conform to the norm. Irregular. That apple was eccentric. Maybe that’s what brings such interest to this painting. Such is my experience of Cezanne’s painting of the apples on the table, which I saw in the Getty museum a week ago. Maybe that apple was on the run and saw a chance for escape, like the captive fish in the dentist’s office in the movie “Finding Nemo.â€? Their big hope was to be put in little plastic bags on the table, and then have the chance to push their soft spheres out the window, across the street, and into the ocean. Yeah, that’s what was going on… that apple one step away from fugitive status. So many beautiful paintings that day, and I can’t forget those crazy apples.
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August 11, 2006 at 2:40 p08
niza
hey, i got your message. no worries my friend. luv ya
August 12, 2006 at 2:40 p08
Sam.
Good to see you posting again!
August 19, 2006 at 2:40 p08
Barbara
Hi Staci!
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