Scan/read Secret Knowledge by David Hockney, subtitled "Rediscovering the Lost Techniques of the Old Masters". It was a huge disappointment. About the only technique that Hockney claims to have rediscovered is the use of the camera lucida by some of the old masters. His argument is mostly based on his assumption that early artists couldn't have been able to draw portraits in such a lifelike manner. There is also some speculation about the use of the camera lucida based on some paintings having more than one vanishing point. It seemed that Hockney was in a way trying to justify his use of projectors or other copying techniques, claiming that "See, even the old masters did it."

I did learn that one can project an image onto a wall or piece of paper using a curved mirror. Am anxious to try it.

Finally bought "Parachutes" by Coldplay. I was familiary with, and liked very much, many of the songs on the disc, not knowing that they were by Coldplay. I had heard good things about the CD and bought it without really knowing much about it.

Read about the group The Stokes on Megnut's site, and based on a short clip, may check it out.
posted by Bruce Wright at 4:48 PM #