Flight Of A Bee Around A Pomegranate A Second Before Awakening

The process of art is making the making the imagined into the real. As a result of this process, the product becomes a sort of fingerprint that not just any other individual would be able to reproduce. Gombrich’s piece, On Art and Artists, Dali’s paintings, The Dream and Dream Caused by the Flight of a Bee Around a Pomegranate a Second Before Awakening, and Stein’s piece of writing, Tender Buttons all relate in the sense that they discuss the consequences of making art. Each text is engaging in its own way, expressed in different ways according to the creator.

The artist’s expression of their views on reality is always one of a kind. When talking about Guido Reni’s portrayal of the head of Christ on the cross Gombrich first writes, “The feeling

Each stroke he consciously put into the background and details worked together to make it a piece full of passion and worth making replicas of. Gombrich continues, writing, “But even if this intense expression of feeling appeals to us we should not, for that reason, turn away from works whose expression is perhaps less easy to understand” (Gombrich 23), which directly relates to Dali’s Dream Caused by the Flight of a Bee Around a Pomegranate a Second Before Awakening. In this surreal oil painting, Dali presents a painting portraying his wife in a deep slumber, having a dream. The dream is represented through the numerous objects and animals that fill up the negative space. The painting has lines that crisscross, creating chaos and confusion. Dali also utilizes primary color. The chaos that is created through the intersecting lines relays the atmosphere of the dream to the viewer. Through the chaos, the viewer can also assume the supposed order of events. He begins with the sting of the bayonet, with the tigers and the goldfish emerging from the pomegranate. The

Dali is known for his thought provoking paintings. The meaning of his painting that was previously mentioned is, with some research and a good eye, partly decipherable. While we can infer the meaning of parts of it, there are other works, like his piece, “The Dream”, which are almost incomprehensible. In this painting, a figure seems to be emerging from some sort of portal. There are a couple of objects in the background, however because they take up only a fraction of the painting, they appear to be trivial. Throughout the piece, there are little straight lines. The majority of the lines are curved, as if reality itself is being distorted. The value, intensity and even the person emerging from the sort of portal both all make the painting seem dreary and eerie. The overall painting brings a feeling of confusion as its subject is unidentifiable. Along with the curving lines with almost look like they’re writhing, the darkness of the figure and the dullness of the colors used create a feeling of unease. With all of these factors, the painting as a whole keeps the viewer confused even though Dali had a purpose and image in mind throughout the process of making it. Similarly, in Stein’s Tender Buttons, she employs automatic writing for the entire piece. While she rambles on, saying “Hope in gates, hope in spoons, hope in doors, hope in tables, no hope in daintiness and