logan607 ([info]logan607) wrote,
@ 2007-07-30 00:05:00
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Current location:4PM yest, Columbus Circle meeting someone
Current mood: relieved
Entry tags:art, hopper, new york city, nighthawks, nightlife, nyc

Nighthawks

 

There were about 7.3 million people here in NYC in 1990. Now we're at over 8.2 million - essentially double that of LA with about 14% more adult females than adult males.

That's a lotta people.

Funny thing is, the names and faces change, but the people are always the same.

The painting above is of the Village in '42, just after Pearl Harbor.

You got the counterman and the nighthawks - the people out on the hunt for something, someone. The counterman's looking out. He's probably got a family, so he wants to go. The nighthawks?

They got no one. They're in no rush.

But look close. There's no door; no windows that open. They're on display. It's all justa show.

And the guys? It's the same guy. A copy of a copy.

I had some stories of the weekend but I told them to you already.

Nighthawks all got the same story; millions of people but few connections.

Yeah, we're all here in the same place, the same joint.

But in 8.2 million different worlds.

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[info]sabatoa
2007-07-30 04:56 am UTC (link)
It's amazing to think about, isn't it?

Whenever I'm there I can't help but to think the same way. That's why I love to sit and watch people live out their lives, even though I see just a fraction of their day.

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[info]logan607
2007-07-30 01:22 pm UTC (link)
It's all justa show, man.

But we all keep watching.

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[info]seemoore
2007-07-30 05:12 am UTC (link)
ahhh, I love edward hopper and I especially love that painting. and your 'analysis.' a very good story, so to speak.

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[info]logan607
2007-07-30 01:25 pm UTC (link)
Thanks - that painting is one of my favorites and there's so much to it. I could write volumes.

There's also no one on the streets; no one really cares to see the show. We're the only passerbys.

How are you these days?

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[info]seemoore
2007-07-30 01:32 pm UTC (link)
there's a hopper exhibit in boston, which I sadly missed when I was up there this past weekend. but I DID see the philip-lorca dicorcia exhibit at the institute for contemporary art...do you know his work? he's a ny-based photographer who does mainly portraits and street scenes. I found the exhibit incredibly resonant, and (perhaps thus) quite depressing. such a commentary on modern society--the disjointed, detached, unhappy, grasping aspects of the human condition. you should check him out if you haven't already...http://artscenecal.com/ArticlesFile/Archive/Articles1997/Articles1097/PdiCorciaA.html

eh, you know. remarkably happy and typically unsettled as per usual. I probably need to write more....I always forget how much I need that until I get like this and all I can write is angst and depression. maybe I'll work on that today...

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[info]logan607
2007-07-30 04:43 pm UTC (link)
I never heard of him but I'll look into his work.

Write more, Court...

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[info]in_a_silver_bag
2007-07-30 07:26 am UTC (link)
That's one great combination of painting, music, and writing.

Good thing on a Monday morning. Thanks!

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[info]logan607
2007-07-30 01:26 pm UTC (link)
And a great thing to hear on a Monday morning!

Thanks, I hope you have a great week...

=)

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[info]acqua
2007-07-30 08:55 pm UTC (link)
excellent analysis. thank you.

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[info]logan607
2007-07-30 10:08 pm UTC (link)
Thanks - I love that painting.

It's only the clothes that are different, I think...

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[info]jeanst
2007-07-31 03:44 am UTC (link)
that's hopper for you

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[info]logan607
2007-07-31 01:14 pm UTC (link)
We love Hopper!

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[info]jeanst
2007-07-31 01:25 pm UTC (link)
the dialogue one has with hopper is heart-breaking. i love hopper but i try to avoid him when i can (haha- a terrible case of self-denial or self-control? pick one). the same thing goes for munch.

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[info]logan607
2007-07-31 01:50 pm UTC (link)
Ah, those Edwards...

My other fave from hopper is New York Movie. I like Munch but I don't know a lot of his work besides The Scream.

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[info]jeanst
2007-07-31 02:17 pm UTC (link)
oh, yes, i know that one. personal munch favorites include the separation series, the dance of life, the vampire. i agree with your observation re: hoppers being "on display." you kind of feel that you are intruding on their thoughts and almost embarassed to be doing so??. munch gives off a much more in-your-face-it-is-what-it-is kind of feeling.

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[info]jaerik
2007-07-31 05:45 am UTC (link)
Enjoyed the post, even if it seems to have made whatever weird mood I've been in the past week that much more poignant. =p

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[info]logan607
2007-07-31 01:14 pm UTC (link)
Post or shoot me an email! Who, what, why?

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Tried to reply to this yesterday but was foiled...
[info]veijukka
2007-07-31 02:39 pm UTC (link)
One of my best memories as a teenager is visiting my youngest older brother in his crummy little apartment in Beverly Hills. (Bet you didn't know there were crummy little apartments in Beverly Hills). Amid numerous trips to museums and gallerys, somewhere I was introduced to Hopper. My brother particularly liked this painting. I remember the look on his face when he asked me, after describing how the men's faces are all the same and how the counterman is the only one with reason to look outside, if I noticed anything else.

We argued for some minutes about whether there could be a manner of egress out of view. I really didn't want it to just be a display, a show, a vision of how trapped they are. And it really bothered me that it seemed that it was that quality in particular that my brother like about the painting. For a long time after that, this picture was very disturbing to me, and I didn't like to look at it. It wasn't until after I was working for a few years that I started to feel OK towards it.

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[info]logan607
2007-07-31 05:31 pm UTC (link)
I think that's what makes the painting so cool - it really does make you stop, think and re-examine. All good art does that.

I would kill for the chance to write something that made people do that.

And, no, I didn't know there were crummy little apartments in Beverly Hills!

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Re: Tried to reply to this yesterday but was foiled...
[info]veijukka
2007-07-31 07:52 pm UTC (link)
Exactly. I have a similar love/hate relationship with El Greco. His paintings, especially the crucifixions, make me bizarrely wrathful, but by the same token I can't stop looking at them.

Well, you have the chance...do you have the ability? I think so, if you can stop caring about whether or not people like what you write. I'm trying, too, but so far have only succeeded on an extremely small scale.

There are. About 400 square feet, no kitchen, and one tiny window that looked out on weeds, trash, and the brick wall of the neighboring apartment building not 10 feet away. And it was broken into twice...

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[info]logan607
2007-07-31 09:07 pm UTC (link)
The thing about this blog is that it forces me to:

a) write for public consumption; and
b) write daily

Like training for a marathon.

I'll get there, I think. I hope you come along...

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how long have you been in ny?
[info]cornnut
2007-08-01 02:11 am UTC (link)
have you ever ventured elsewhere to reside?

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Re: how long have you been in ny?
[info]logan607
2007-08-01 03:17 am UTC (link)
Hello! Just curious, how'd you find me?

Lived here my whole life but I've spend a lot of time abroad as the International Sales Manager of a large company.

I did spend several summers in Taiwan and Germany too but it's been a while.

Thinking of moving abroad at some point. Actually, I'm always thinking that...

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Re: how long have you been in ny?
[info]cornnut
2007-08-02 12:56 am UTC (link)
i was reading paul aka naka-chan's entry and started reading comments and ended up reading a little of captredstar stuff and it led to your page. based on my random extended vacations to nyc i was just getting a feel of how you feel about it :D.

moving abroad is loads of fun especially trying out weird food.

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Re: how long have you been in ny?
[info]logan607
2007-08-02 03:22 am UTC (link)
I love that part. I ate Doener Kepabs every day while I was Germany. Loved it.

Hope you keep reading.

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