"Tarot helps you meet whatever comes in the best possible way."
You can see a large image of this painting in my earlier post, along with an in depth discussion in the comments section.
Here’s an alternate version of this video:
Saltimbanques-1 (note: turn down your volume control first)
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July 31, 2010 at 5:45 pm
Donnaleigh
I liked the second one, so sad. That beautiful picture is so haunting that it is hard to forget once you see it. So touching.
August 1, 2010 at 12:21 pm
Kristine
Yes I really did not want to see it again, but I did, and again I vote for Beethoven.
August 1, 2010 at 12:27 pm
mkg
Thanks for the feedback. I really appreciate it.
August 1, 2010 at 1:24 pm
meijimari
I appreciated the second one with Beethoven. The images and piano music went together very nicely.
Sorry, the first one was way too loud for me.
Thanks for the clip.
August 1, 2010 at 3:10 pm
mkg
Mari – I agree about the volume, which was why I suggested turning it down (way down!).
I tend to like the 2nd one better, too.
August 1, 2010 at 3:46 pm
Maribeth (mep)
Well, I don’t think either of them really works….the first is just totally out of sync with the time/feeling of the painting, and the Moonlight Sonata (2nd one) is a bit TOO morose, I think. How about one of Eric Satie’s Gnossiennes? – - mep
August 1, 2010 at 3:48 pm
Maribeth (mep)
Specifically, Gnossiennes #4….
August 1, 2010 at 4:37 pm
mkg
Maribeth – I’ve just been working with the copyright-free music provided by Animoto. There are only about a dozen classical selections. Do you know where I can find the piece you mention in a copyright-free form? I’m beginning to be very aware of the limits of the Animoto format.
August 2, 2010 at 12:56 am
Helen
As you know Mary I wrote a short vignette based on this painting and for me the first one brings out the drama of what I saw and felt when writing.
August 2, 2010 at 10:36 am
mkg
Helen – I was trying to emphasize the Madonna/Goddess imagery in that one.
I love how you can subtly direct what you want someone to see/feel through the sequence of imagery and the music. In a sense you create the ‘theme’. In both versions, I really wanted to get in the role of the watchers in the background, who are too often ignored.
When I was young and living in London I had a small role in an independent film that portrayed an affair and the breakup of a marriage. It was shown on 7 or 8 reels, each telling a piece of the story from a different person’s view point and at a different stage of the story. Whenever the film was shown someone would draw lots from a hat to determine the order the reels were shown in. The result was that the sympathies of the audience would always end up with a different character (husband, wife, lover, therapist) and create a different scenario of what actually happened. I’ve always been intrigued by this idea. Something similar happens when choosing an order for an emphasizing the elements in a painting.