commentary


 * Thursday, March 29th 2012**
 * Being in Toronto for over two weeks now, it is time that I ask some of the questions that I seem to have been pondering lately. I invite other visiting artists to discuss these with me, answering my questions with great thought so I can receive many different perspectives. I will ask one question every day until I go home, so I can learn as much as possible**
 * about this odd century****, not just from my host but from all of you too...**


 * This question is directed to Diego Velazquez (whose wiki space I shall soon visit): Diego: I see now that you have created many beautiful paintings and my host now tells me that I had inspired some of your work. I would love to know how I inspired you, and specifically what you were thinking when you used tenebrism in your painting: 'The Water C****arrier of Seville' 1619? Which of my paintings specifically inspired this idea?**




 * Friday, March 30th 2012**
 * I must say that I enjoy the 21st century much more than the late 16th and early 17th! Maybe this is because no one knows my name and there is no epidemic of disease. There are similarities between this modern era and the Baroque Period . Although this period is much more advanced I can see that many people feel the same emotions as people did back in the Baroque period.**