A sketch from 'Sun and Shadow' from Ray Bradbury's collection of short stories from 'The Golden Apples of the Sun'. A photographer and model invade Ricardo's sense of reality as they attempt to conduct a photo shoot in his neighborhood.
Wednesday, December 23, 2009
Sun and Shadow
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Golden Apples of the Sun
A sketch from 'Sun and Shadow' from Ray Bradbury's collection of short stories from 'The Golden Apples of the Sun'. A photographer and model invade Ricardo's sense of reality as they attempt to conduct a photo shoot in his neighborhood.
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Though I was hoping the next short story in this current collection we be more science fictiony ... I kind of liked this story.
Between the title and the two opposite points of veiw of reality between the photographer and Ricardo, I see some themes here very familar to Plato's Cave Allegory.
The subject is of great interest to me, becuase as an artist (like the photographer in this story), I feel like I have the freedom to re-create, alter or render my vision of reality any way I want. An artist can easlily become a creative dictator in their own mind.
But I think the best kinds of artist are those that help the rest of us see a glimpse of the 'higher form' and pay tribute to the only creator there is. Those of us who are bold enough to call ourselves artist are really just "sub-creators" anyway.
It is interesting to see an artist's point of view of the story, for it is a view I do not think that the author much considered. I interperted the story very much as a man's individual defense of his right to be humble and yet proud, his right NOT to be made into an object of derision by a more "sophisticated" society.
Indeed, I do think your comments about the role of the artist are telling, and intersting... and a testament to your own journey to see yourself as a "sub-creator."
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