an artist’s whimsical sense of humor comes into play after coming upon an unusual tree.
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“to the artist there is never anything ugly in nature.”
-auguste rodin
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gallup park, ann arbor, mi, usa – 2020
Oct29
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I didn't have my glasses on.... 
Nice idea 👍🤝
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i thought it was clever
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Indeed yes 👍
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I love Auguste Rodin works, and the first place I went to visit in Philadelphia last year was the wonderful “Rodin Museum”… It was a childhood dream come true… .. simply magnificent !!
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i’d love to see it
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It’s well worth seeing Beth, if you’re in the area, definitely a must see. 😊🌏
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You always find the most unusual things to share with us. That is why I always look forward to your posts. This is no exception!
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thanks so much, i’m drawn to these things
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Wow! This is so interesting
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it is an interesting mix
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👍👍👍
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🙂 🙂
btw; one should pay far more attention to Rodin’s partner CAMILLE CLAUDEL – a fantastic and terribly underestimated artist on her own
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Oh, I so agree. I read about her and saw a film about her as well. A tragic ending and I think he was jealous of her talent
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He was – I’ve seen her oeuvre and visited many exhibitions both of him and Claudel. He def was jealous.
Film was good too – but my opinion is based on what I saw with my own eyes – he was an unpleasant person.
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I have no doubt at all
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They faced the tree, Beth! Love the work.
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Exactly!
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I tracked the quotation down to a 1907 article by Paul Gsell in the French magazine “L’Art et les artistes,” “Art and Artists”:
https://books.google.com/books?id=o4A3AQAAMAAJ&pg=RA1-PA408&dq=Pour+un+artiste,+rien+dans+la+nature+n%27est+laid
The two sentences after the one you quoted are: “Everything there is beautiful. What other men find ugly, he [the artist] transforms into beauty.”
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Oh, I love the full quote- thank you
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I love that Rodin quote! So true and if you don’t think it’s beautiful. Look again!;It’s like another quite I love which says, if you can’t think of anything noce to say, you’re not thinking hard enough!’
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Right!
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Too cute! ლζ*♡ε♡*ζლ
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Thanks!
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A Fence Muncher Tree! Those are pretty rare. It’s really cool to see one awake.
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They are out there!
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What a fun idea 🙂 I totally would have taken a picture with it too.
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🎃
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Rodin was right. I love that little strange tree frog.
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something about it is so charming
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The Whimsy maybe…
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Oh so fun! and the quote very true.
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yes to both )
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to have that ability to see art where no one else does – that is quite a gift…
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it absolutely is
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That’s a wonderful way to brighten the day of those who pass by.
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It so is – it’s all in the little things
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Ugly beauty 👍🏻
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yep!
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Imagination is taking the ordinary and making it something special.
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that’s a perfect definition
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I love this very much; my philosophy indeed; my post about Rumpole was inspired by a leak in the hose about where Rumpole had cocked his leg 🙂
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I love that
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I would have been tempted to sit and have a chat.
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))
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Where do you ever find these great quotes that fit so perfect with your photos?? Total awe
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everything’s out there floating around in the universe and my thing is to connect them )
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😎
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❤️
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Perfect combination!
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thanks!
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Trees clearly have hidden comedic talents!
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they do indeed!
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Trees provide us with so many things!
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they really do
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I love pictures of trees going nom, nom, nom on things humans have created!
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))
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I am thinking muppets 😊
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yes )
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