Varo and Ouspenskian nonsense

[Terrance F. Flaherty]

"More Ouspenskian nonsense." GR.p.30

Kaplan, Unexpected Journey, The Art and Life of Remedios
Varo, Abbevill Press (1988) in English.

Varo studied Gurdjieffian philosophy for many years...and
can be seen as visualizing a concept central to the
Gurdjieffian approach to spirituality...AS compelling as
Varo found the intuitive and irrational aspects of mystical
philosophies, she also was attracted to the logic and order
of scientific investigation. Still very much the engineer's
daughter, she read science as avidly as metaphysics, and her
personal journey was propelled as much by her interest is
scientific phenomena as by her study of the mystics....She
made careful distinction, however, between the kinds of
scientific practice that she trusted  and those that she did
not, warning in a number of her paintings against
manipulative abuse of authority, myopic belief in facts,
infatuation with gadgetry, and misguided attempts to conquer
nature. Seeing scientific inquiry as analogous to spiritual
pursuit, she felt that science must adopt the role not of
domination but of harmony with natural forces.

Her literary spoof on the sciences ("De Homo Rodans")
invites comparison to "Wanda's."

http://www.reidgroup.com/~dmg/remedios/

more on color:
http://www.mauigateway.com/~donjusko/1artists.htm

Terrance--"To amuse himself he'd looked in Help Wanted under
S. Nobody wanted a schlemihl."