Comments on: Rothko and the Breath of Life http://unurthed.com/2007/07/11/rothko-and-the-breath-of-life/ Fri, 13 Aug 2010 08:14:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: kirke http://unurthed.com/2007/07/11/rothko-and-the-breath-of-life/comment-page-1/#comment-5572 kirke Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:42:09 +0000 http://unurthed.com/?p=122#comment-5572 thanks for this. (: thanks for this. (:

]]> By: Greg Pass http://unurthed.com/2007/07/11/rothko-and-the-breath-of-life/comment-page-1/#comment-70 Greg Pass Mon, 13 Aug 2007 00:11:55 +0000 http://unurthed.com/?p=122#comment-70 Andrew — The <a href="http://www.phillipscollection.org/" rel="nofollow">Phillips Collection</a> (in DC, near both of us) recently reopened their <a href="http://www.phillipscollection.org/html/expansion.html" rel="nofollow">Rothko Room</a>. Andrew —

The Phillips Collection (in DC, near both of us) recently reopened their Rothko Room.

]]> By: Andrew Clarke http://unurthed.com/2007/07/11/rothko-and-the-breath-of-life/comment-page-1/#comment-69 Andrew Clarke Thu, 12 Jul 2007 15:37:38 +0000 http://unurthed.com/?p=122#comment-69 Unfortunately I missed out on a chance a while back to see a showing of some of his paintings. As implied in your quotations, there's no other way to see them. Photos of them are contradictory to their purpose. Unfortunately I missed out on a chance a while back to see a showing of some of his paintings. As implied in your quotations, there’s no other way to see them. Photos of them are contradictory to their purpose.

]]> By: Mirco http://unurthed.com/2007/07/11/rothko-and-the-breath-of-life/comment-page-1/#comment-68 Mirco Thu, 12 Jul 2007 14:04:14 +0000 http://unurthed.com/?p=122#comment-68 Yes, it is a ravishing picture of the quinta essentia: the eternal ether (or akasha, in Hindu's terminology) that permeates our kosmos. Ether was well accepted till the early 20th century, when Einstein's relativity allegedly removed it from the realm of scientific notions. But... did it? In QED the void "spits out" particles in his excited modes. Emptiness is full to the brim... PS My last quotation was inaccurate: it is Gargantua, First Book, not Pantagruel. Yes, it is a ravishing picture of the quinta essentia:

the eternal ether (or akasha, in Hindu’s terminology) that permeates our kosmos. Ether was well accepted till the early 20th century, when Einstein’s relativity allegedly removed it from the realm of scientific notions. But… did it? In QED the void “spits out” particles in his excited modes. Emptiness is full to the brim…

PS My last quotation was inaccurate: it is Gargantua, First Book, not Pantagruel.

]]> By: Greg Pass http://unurthed.com/2007/07/11/rothko-and-the-breath-of-life/comment-page-1/#comment-67 Greg Pass Wed, 11 Jul 2007 23:17:50 +0000 http://unurthed.com/?p=122#comment-67 Mirco, the 5th element. Mirco, the 5th element.

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