tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7131844.post4238751277141650284..comments2024-02-28T19:37:14.696+01:00Comments on moments of perfect clarity: kitsch on the brainjulochkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10884096685015570257noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7131844.post-20080723764960035402008-05-27T08:47:00.000+02:002008-05-27T08:47:00.000+02:00gabi--i'm sure you're right, as i don't remember b...gabi--i'm sure you're right, as i don't remember being so hit over the head with kitsch on previous visits to germany. it was my first time in bavaria. it is interesting, tho', that the word "kitsch" itself is german--which leads me to ponder my notion that somehow an individual language is better able to capture something about that culture than another language. this is something i've been thinking a lot about and will have to write a posting about, no doubt...<BR/><BR/>jaime--you may not have used the word kitsch before, but you got the idea imnstinctively with the monet at the art institute vs. the posters. that's precisely what's not good about kitsch!julochkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10884096685015570257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7131844.post-67172313563984806952008-05-27T06:28:00.000+02:002008-05-27T06:28:00.000+02:00I've never heard of this kitsch thing before...hav...I've never heard of this kitsch thing before...have I been living under a rock? Maybe.<BR/><BR/>The Monet example got me. I have seen many many pictures of Monet paintings, and thought they were nice to look at. But I was in the Art Institute of Chicago last summer and stopped dead in my tracks when I discovered one of the most beautiful Monet's I have ever seen. I couldn't stop looking at it. I didn't want to leave!<BR/>Somehow, buying a copy of it in the gift shop just wouldn't have been the same.Jaimehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04803308252202460126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7131844.post-42582335525079623842008-05-27T06:04:00.000+02:002008-05-27T06:04:00.000+02:00Hi Julie!Bavarian kitsch and culture is what the w...Hi Julie!<BR/>Bavarian kitsch and culture is what the world thinks is German!<BR/>I guess, in some years, when we´ll all speak spanish or chinese, there will still be lederhosen and white food - let´s hope it´ll be more white asparagus than white sausages with radish and mustard.<BR/><BR/>I was thinking of you, being in Bad Homburg and seeing the wonderful sides of this city. So next time, if you come to Germany, try the middle of it.Sabinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17552667805741364960noreply@blogger.com