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OK. Skulls, Gothic, Vampires, Hobbitts, and the Meaning of Life
California State University, Dominguez Hills
University of Wisconsin, Parkside
Created: April 29, 2009
Latest Update: April 29, 2009
jeannecurran@habermas.org
takata@uwp.edu
patriciaacone@yahoo.com
- Introduction
This essay is based on A Tiny Hominid With No Place on the Family Tree By John Noble Wilford. Published: April 27, 2009. Appeared in New York Times, Science Section, Tuesday, April 28, 2009, at p.D !. Consulted by jeanne, in print and on Internet, April 29, 2009.
- Discussion Questions
- What if you're not sure about Darwin's presentation of evolution?
Consider that the skulls exist. Barron Storey's rendering of them says more through his art than our critique of science can, especially when we have no expertise in this science. Art and music, the fields that are so especially human, sometimes say more about the big questions, the questions that matter, like "What is it, human?" than textbooks and treatises, especially as our minds are just beginning to grapple with "human" in the new context of "global" and of "cosmos."
Art and music sometimes help humans reach beyond the limits of what they can articulate. Wagner's Ring of the Niebelungen is an excellent example of this. Lots more on this to come. But no time now. jeanne
How did Barron Storey and the comics get in here?
I had lots of fun playing with this, but I gotta get serious here. You'll have to go to Barron Storey's website to see his actual site map. Site map usually means that you will find clickable links to site pieces as images in the map image. Unfortunately Barron Storey only marks clearly the current event on the black nail. The others appear only when you run your cursor over them.
I know this means that no one can just lift his image, but I guess I can identify a little with hackers, 'cause to me it just felt like a puzzle. I'm not teaching anymore, so I can play. What you see below are bits and pieces of his home image.Often, artists request that you copy a thumbnail of the image so that people can link to your own site, because many servers charge by the volume of hits. Mr.Storey apparently wants you to visit his site.
You'll know it when you see it because you can see parts of it below. A black hand is emerging, with white scribble between the fingers. Check it out. Comics are legitimate fodder as we discuss the meaning of life. Though I don't promise that Susan and I have kept up with them. You'll have to do the teaching on this part.
More soon, jeanne
Consider that the New York Times published his painting/drawing with the article we're discussing. Of course, I wanted to know more about the artist, since the art work captures more than gothic horror. It gives me a good, not a scary feeling. Much of the skull art and gothic does not do that for me.
