L'amore smisurato, platonico, irrazionale, viscerale e infinito che provo per Moebius è pari alla sua bravura, alla sua grandezza e al suo genio.
Tra le cose che in questo periodo riguardo maggiormente e con continuo trasporto c'è la sua serie di Starwatcher, serigrafie così magiche e così reali che tutt'ora mi domando se non sia tutto un grande e magnifico miraggio.
Fortunatamente lo stesso Moebius mi viene in soccorso rammentandomi che "don’t take all this too seriously!".
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E così oggi ricevo con ancor più gratitudine l'aggiornamento quotidiano da: quenched consciousness, un blog totalmente dedicato al grande Maestro e dove, magicamente, il post di oggi ha come titolo: Career Timeline: 1985 - Starwatcher II!
Questa volta insieme all'immagine - sublime già di per sé - si aggiunge una citazione dello stesso Moebius del 1989 dove è facile percepire tutta la sua incredibile semplicità nel creare arte, creare mondi e lasciarsi trasportare dal suo stesso universo visionario: "This is truly a magical drawing."
His most famous piece in the Starwatcher series, and one that inspired many people to do their own version for this tumblr. I like what Moebius has to say about it, from Epic’s The Art of Moebius in 1989:
“This is truly a magical drawing. It is not perfect—the legs aren’t quite right—but in this case, it doesn’t seem to matter. The face is wonderfully evocative. I can see how someone could fall in love with a face like this. The question that is always asked when it comes to the Starwatcher series is, is the character male or female? The answer is, I don’t know. Maybe it is a man, strong and masculine, yet sensitive and soft like a woman.
A strange energy seem to emanate from the horizon. It happened quite naturally, almost by accident. When I was drawing this picture, I was trying to achieve a certain kind of feeling, so I just let myself be carried by the flow, and this was the result. I gratefully accepted it, almost like a gift. Things like this don’t always happen in art, but when it does, that’s what makes it worthwhile.
The character is sitting by a monument, waiting for a big vessel to take off. There is the book, which is by Jack Vance. The can is a can of paint. You press a button and all the colors come out. The costume is a blend of western and futuristic, Inside the box is a crystal, and it’s a present from a child who lives on this planet, And there is a message in that cube, which says, ‘don’t take all this too seriously!’”
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