I think I have adjusted my settings so that ANYONE can comment now. You don't have to have a gmail account or whatever the hell else it asks you for.
You should be able to choose "anonymous" as a profile option, and post there.
I would appreciate if somebody would test this out.
Trying this again. I thought you should know that there is a community of Spader fans out here that have enjoyed what you wrote. They will know who posted this because I will say here what I said there. You express most eloquently my exact thoughts and feelings especially about Jimmy's facial features. The beauty of his face is art. I've seen sculpture in Italy that Jimmy could have been the model for had he lived in the time it was created. Thank you for sharing your thoughts and the pictures.
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Oh, wow. Thank you so much. That's a very kind comment.
ReplyDeleteI believe we are in violent agreement on the association with sculptural archetypes. I didn't mention it (as it would have risked a bordering on derivative narcissism for those who know me), but I do believe there is an awful lot of Botticelli in those eyes.
http://www.spiritsite.com/gallery/art/medmar/part5.shtml
http://www.aiwaz.net/encyclopedia/botticelli-sandro/e21
http://www.tigtail.org/L_View/TIG/TVM/E/Misc/botticelli%2Bprimavera-d1-aligned.PNG
Thank you for the links. I have stood in front of the Madonna in the Uffizi in Florence. Love Botticelli. Michaelangelo I find more thrilling as a sculptor. I am deeply awed by the lifelike forms that man can find in solid rock. Jimmy's features are classic beauty. I can stare at a photo of his face as I stared at the art in Florence and my mind is a litany of "you are beautiful". He's even beautiful up close, in person. I've had that pleasure.
ReplyDeleteWow. There's a lot to be envious of in your statement there. I've never been to Europe and I can't even imagine what that must have felt like.
ReplyDeleteUnbeknownst to me, the first time I wandered into the NY MOMA they had Van Gogh's "Starry Night" as the opening piece in the first official room.
I don't know how long I stood there staring at that picture. I'm pretty sure my mouth was dropped open in an unattractive manner. It was, in the literal sense of the word, awesome.
I'm almost afraid to ask, but I must--is Mr. Spader as nice, quiet, slightly shy, and gentle as he seems to be? I appreciate actors for their skill, but I can't be immune to what seems to bubble under the surface. I can separate the person from the art, but the two often seem to collude more than divide. So in my imagination, James Spader is a nice guy.
May I ask what your experience was like?
Jimmy is a lovely, patient, generous man. You asked further down your blog about Mamet. He had a play, RACE, on broadway last year and Jimmy was in it. I met him at the stage door after the play. He kindly granted autographs,stepped in for photographs with the fans who waited at the door, chatted, smiled, joked and laughed. Anyone who said please had their request granted. I once waited for him to come into the theater and called out "break a leg, Jimmy" and was rewarded with that breathtaking smile of his and a "thank you". I journeyed to NYC many times to see him while he was in the play. He left the cast last June, and I miss him. (The play closed in August.) All of us who love him,and who met him, wish that he would take work and scour the net looking for anything about him. That's how we got to your blog...;-)
ReplyDeleteRegarding MOMA, I went on a Tuesday and it was closed. I understand that it is a favorite haunt of Jimmy's when he is in town.