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originally posted by: artistpoet
a reply to: seagull
Thank you for making sense
Yes sometimes an Owl is just an Owl or an artists imagination at work
These owls are stunning and worthy of praise rather than looking for some perceived ill intent
originally posted by: seagull
Sometimes, just sometimes, an owl statue is just an owl statue.
Has is occurred to anyone, that this sort of reaction is just what they were looking for? To draw even more people in?
Some of those statues are just incredible looking.
originally posted by: seagull
a reply to: MotherMayEye
Of course there's always deeper meaning, but seldom is it nefarious, as some here are trying to portray.
Eye of the beholder, I guess.
As an artist, myself, I know I've spent countless hours fine-tuning the most minute detail of a piece to get it to say exactly what I want it to say.
originally posted by: artistpoet
a reply to: MotherMayEye
I am an artist and understand the deeper meanings but find no ill intent
Yet most of the public will see the artistic owls as artistic owls and enjoy them
As Seagull stated ... it is in the eye of the beholder
As an artist, myself, I know I've spent countless hours fine-tuning the most minute detail of a piece to get it to say exactly what I want it to say.
originally posted by: artistpoet
a reply to: MotherMayEye
As an artist, myself, I know I've spent countless hours fine-tuning the most minute detail of a piece to get it to say exactly what I want it to say.
I am the same yet understand that each viewer takes their own meaning regardless of the artist's intent
People generally love Owls and yes it is common to associate the Owl the wisdom
In reality an Owl is an Owl and symbolic of itself
A rose is a rose yet associated with love but in reality a rose is a rose
Symbols contain knowledge only for those who are looking for it
Mostly the public cares little for esoteric meanings
originally posted by: seagull
a reply to: MotherMayEye
As an artist, myself, I know I've spent countless hours fine-tuning the most minute detail of a piece to get it to say exactly what I want it to say.
Kind of off topic a little bit, or maybe just tangentially on topic... Whichever.
How often, when you show, do people completely miss your intent? I mean wildly off the mark? I'm not an artist, though I delude myself into thinking I can write...so I'm curious.
originally posted by: artistpoet
a reply to: MotherMayEye
Sure ... I agree ... I look at the deeper implications
I was just pointing out that mostly the public see things on face value