Why bother? Seurat’s
besotted with color.
He’s spent two

whole years drawing
in black and white,
just trying to

understand it.
What he calls
“Lines of Emotion.”

The idea that lines
going in certain directions
can make you happy.

His paintings carry
this idea to the limit.
“A blind alley.”

Sure, Seurat’s work
is impressive, but
while you’re reflecting

on heat, light, shade
and sphinx—reconsider.
Ask yourself whether

such intense stylization
was a real development,
or a determined

escape attempt
by Seurat
from the self-imposed

treadmill of dots.

__________

Written by Julian Freeman
Art: A Crash Course
Watson-Guptill Publications, 1998, p.66

Found by Timothy Green
Los Angeles, CA