Comments on: Why You Need Something Ugly

By: Megan matthieson

Megan matthieson — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 17:38:57 +0000

Yes! I have a Robbie Conal print- a rendering of Clarence Thomas- and it says… Gag me with a long dong condom. I bought it years ago at an auction. It’s repulsive but makes me feel very on edge- which is brill. Pretty sure it puts others on edge as well. Ha!

By: Wil Murray

Wil Murray — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 14:38:31 +0000

Thanks Hugh.
I shoot for “noticeable”(borrowed from that brand of air fresheners that switch their scent every 24 hours so you never get used to them, or always know they are working).

By: Hugh McGuire

Hugh McGuire — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 13:52:22 +0000

Wil, that’s the best blog comment I’ve seen in a while.

By: Serge Lachapelle

Serge Lachapelle — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 05:54:23 +0000

Judgment is the worse thing…To think this is beautiful, this is ugly is putting one foot into hell…When one can just be in the moment…funny things happen…ugly becomes a miracle at the same level as beauty does….

Welcome to the beauty of ugly…

By: Wil Murray

Wil Murray — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 03:09:39 +0000

When I read Marc-Antoine K. Phaneuf’s text for the exhibition at Galerie Push, and then read all the reviews, all I was left with was the impression that I was making the painting equivalent of anal sex. At first offensive, maybe a little gross and even painful…but given time can develop into something much richer and satisfying and something you desire.
You’ve stated something similar here, but without the sex reference.
I like this post a lot.

By: Ben Yoskovitz

Ben Yoskovitz — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 21:37:09 +0000

I think you can get the same effect via music.

By: Sally G.

Sally G. — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 21:24:23 +0000

Except for the word ‘ugly’ — you have aptly expressed aspects of mindful parenting. But now that I think about it, ‘ugly’ could capture the image of yourself that you see in your mind’s mirror as you go through the process. The image you’ve bought into that you know it all, you’ve got everything to teach and nothing to learn, your vision and filters of life are the benchmarks of what is and what will be. Children are really the greatest means of getting to know your own Self – if you allow them to gently expose each and every raw area within that is not yet whole and could benefit from some reflection, paradigm shifting and healing. Sorry to have hijacked like this ~ funny how two people can look at a piece of art and see something different, yet – the same …