Fic: Eye of the Beholder

[meridian_rose]

Title: The Eye of the Beholder
Fandom: Original Fic
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 106
Prompt: For the 30 days of fiction meme prompt #5 write a scene entirely in dialogue
Summary: One person's art is another person's rubbish
Warnings: None


"It's a very interesting piece."

"Interesting? How?"

"Well…it's symbolic. Probably."

"Of?"

"I don't know. Stuff. Things that other things are symbolic of."

"Oh, that's deep. Unlike the colours."

"It's a watercolour. That's actually a more difficult medium than oils, than you."

"Incredibly difficult by the look of this."

"It's…abstract."

"Putting it mildly."

"I mean that it has few connotations beyond what you, as the viewer, bring to it. It allows you to form your own opinion on the piece and any themes within it."

"I see. I have an opinion."

"Yes?"

"It looks a four year old painted it and then the cat piddled on it."

Comments

[dorothydeath.livejournal.com]

LOL :D

Abstract art is so... abstract. :D

Thank you! I enjoyed it! :D

[meridian_rose]

Glad you enjoyed it :D

[hrhrionastar.livejournal.com]

Aw...very cute :D I get the impression the less enthusiastic speaker has been listening to abstract art lectures all day.

"Well…it's symbolic. Probably."

"Of?"

"I don't know. Stuff. Things that other things are symbolic of." LOL :D

[meridian_rose]

I think I was channelling Pratchett a bit; one of the wizard types is trying to sound smart but the Ridcully character is having none of it :D

[brontefanatic.livejournal.com]

Oh, I enjoyed this!

I don't know. Stuff. Things that other things are symbolic of. This line made me laugh.

Loved the last sentence.

[meridian_rose]

Thank you :D I came up with the idea when writing for the meme about characters describing things and couldn't resist using it for this :D

[kaytstarr.livejournal.com]

Have you ever seen the Tony Hancock film, The Rebel. There are some lovely comments about people's perceptions of good & bad art.

[meridian_rose]

I haven't. I'll have to check it out, thanks for the rec :D

[meridian_rose]

I was bored this afternoon and managed to find this movie on Youtube :D Thanks again for the rec. It really was a great commentary on art and artistic opinions - and funny, of course.

[kaytstarr.livejournal.com]

Glad you enjoyed it.

[eternal-moonie.livejournal.com]

Absolutely AWESOME entry sweetie! *hugs*

[meridian_rose]

Thank you :D
Are you going to update some of your WIPs? You keep starting new ones ;D

[confessoralana.livejournal.com]

LOL!!! I loved it!!!

I actually caught myself trying to figure out how this picture would look! :D

Very good! I loved it! :D

[meridian_rose]

Thank you :D
LOL, I was thinking of some of those giant pieces of art they have in The Good Wife - I think Will's office has one that's really abstract - and how they're sort of interesting but on the other hand, they're not really 'of' anything, just random splashes of colour.

[confessoralana.livejournal.com]

Yes!!
Funny but the painting in Will's office caught my eye a few days ago and I was thinking about your fic, LOL!!!
Currently through a TGW season 2 marathon...XD