Better
than the surrealists . . . is good old Nick Roerich, whose joint at
Riverside Drive and 103rd Street is one of my shrines in the pest zone.
There is something in his handling of perspective and atmosphere which
to me suggests other dimensions and
alien orders of being—or at least, the gateways leading to such. Those
fantastic carven stones in lonely upland deserts—those ominous, almost
sentient, lines of jagged pinnacles—and above all, those curious cubical
edifices clinging to precipitous slopes and edging upward to forbidden
needle-like peaks!
--H. P. Lovecraft to James F. Morton, March 1937
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4 comments:
>Better than the surrealists
As a matter of fact, Salvador Dali's art _was_ inspired by the strange rocks on the coast of Catalonia (Ampurdan).
I have spent the last twelve years writing a novel in which Nicholas Roerich is a major character. I think you may find it sheds light on this topic. If interested,check on my video at:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0RhNR53Pg8
Dario, these strange rocks bear investigation!
Michael, I'll check out your video. Thanks.
Michael, I had a look at your video, but there wasn't anything on Roerich. Can you add anything?
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