tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1210759514036256082.post8617113739215366675..comments2024-03-08T00:12:34.350-08:00Comments on Art and Quilts, cogitations thereon: The Importance of Being TitledElizabeth Bartonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13928615247903165719noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1210759514036256082.post-81223475272108515682013-10-19T13:54:46.686-07:002013-10-19T13:54:46.686-07:00thank you all for your comments - I like the idea ...thank you all for your comments - I like the idea of a title that makes you look again - "aha, now did I see that too?"!Elizabeth Bartonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13928615247903165719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1210759514036256082.post-45044079956372020472013-10-19T13:17:47.688-07:002013-10-19T13:17:47.688-07:00Glad you have been able to set aside the crutches!...Glad you have been able to set aside the crutches! I like titles because I like words and wordplay, (such as your 'Green Houses') and ambiguity and poetry. I think though, that textile work is like any art, including literature - once you release it into the wild, you have no control over what others make of it. Before that, it is wholly yours and you should call it something that makes you happy or deepens your thinking about, or connection with, the piece. Georginahttp://rosecolouredworld.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1210759514036256082.post-20296186044944868512013-10-19T07:06:26.540-07:002013-10-19T07:06:26.540-07:00I agree with Annabel--my titles grow with the piec...I agree with Annabel--my titles grow with the pieces. <br /><br />And I do not like Untitled or numerical tags, either.<br /><br />Using foreign words in a title is a complex issue. I have done it once--Cabeza de Vaca on a longhorn skull--but when I see a title in a language I do not understand, it puts a barrier between the work and my ability to appreciate it.<br /><br />Glad you are healing. Perhaps you could develop a crutchersize video....Gay Younghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00967868239245761735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1210759514036256082.post-75508218620991408612013-10-19T00:55:45.542-07:002013-10-19T00:55:45.542-07:00I like a good title. Usually I have an idea, but t...I like a good title. Usually I have an idea, but the finished title grows with the piece and sums up what it's all about. I try to get more than one meaning in if I can and it sometimes has nothing to do with the first impression that someone might get of a piece. Titles mean a lot to me, and I love it when the synapses fire and I can say "yes, that's it".Annabelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07336910992514931455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1210759514036256082.post-56491952399755484442013-10-18T19:49:01.224-07:002013-10-18T19:49:01.224-07:00I feel cheated by "untitled"; I also fee...I feel cheated by "untitled"; I also feel cheated by obvious objective titles, something I could easily see by looking, something like "red circle on blue square." (I'd have felt cheated by green houses on a hill). And even as I say this, I think that the more abstracted my image, the less I want to draw attention back to the originating idea with a title.<br /><br /> I like titles that make me look again (multi meaning 'green houses' does that). And if I looked again and it wasn't there, I'd feel cheated in a different way. <br /><br />One thing really refreshing in your discussion is that the idea/title doesn't have to be there from the start but can grow as the piece grows. On the one hand, having an idea can help with decision making; on the other hand it is good not to be tied to it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1210759514036256082.post-70334120748058590092013-10-18T19:30:31.741-07:002013-10-18T19:30:31.741-07:00Excuse my grammar! I meant to write " but doe...Excuse my grammar! I meant to write " but doesn't lead the viewer.jeanne Marklinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16541095902673044649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1210759514036256082.post-8477973061316103092013-10-18T19:28:57.623-07:002013-10-18T19:28:57.623-07:00I try to title my work so it expresses what I was...I try to title my work so it expresses what I was thinking and/or feeling but don't lead the viewer. Hearing what people see in my work is very different from what I was thinking about, but always intriguing to me.jeanne Marklinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16541095902673044649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1210759514036256082.post-51146421229044486062013-10-18T12:07:16.534-07:002013-10-18T12:07:16.534-07:00well I guess you can be pretentious if you're ...well I guess you can be pretentious if you're titled!!<br />And certainly Menina de Favela flows more easily than "little girl of the slums" especially as we all know the particular kind of slums that favela are.Elizabeth Bartonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13928615247903165719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1210759514036256082.post-90863424660836525202013-10-18T11:45:12.439-07:002013-10-18T11:45:12.439-07:00Glad you are improving. Great thoughts as always.
...Glad you are improving. Great thoughts as always.<br /><br />What do you think about using another language to express the title? <br />I sort of think that sometimes it works to help link the viewer with the story in the image. Equally sometimes it adds a bit more mystique and mood to nudge the viewer to the feelings you had about the work.<br /><br />For instance, I recently used the Portuguese phrase for 'little girl of the slums and water' because I wanted the focus to be on the little Brazilian girl before they thought about the conditions she was living in. "Menina de Favela e Água" just seemed to work better.<br /><br />I realise sometimes it would just be pretentious!<br />Sandy in the UKSandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04978514536651961190noreply@blogger.com