I wish I'd thought of that
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What is the one piece of art (visual, musical, written, whatever) that you think most strongly "Wow, I wish I'd done that."?
Geezuz, I don't know that I can answer that. There are aspects of so many things that I wish I could have done myself, that I wish I'd thought of.
The exuberance of Beethoven's Ode To Joy, the colour of Dali's Santiago El Grande, the poignancy of James' Sit Down, the simplicity of Zen, the silliness of that foam rubber hamburger at the Art Gallery of Ontario, the softness of Cezanne, the wit of Oscar Wilde, the endurance and beauty of Shakespeare, the sheer expanse of talent that is David Bowie, the promise that is Robert Frost's The Road Not Taken, the fascination that is the kaleidoscope, the technical skill that is Robert Bateman (even though I can't stand his work), the genius that is Hofstadter's Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid or Stephen Hawking, the creepiness that is A Clockwork Orange or Brave New World, the expanse of knowledge and experience that was Asimov, the financial wizardy that is Alan Greenspan, the joy that is LEGO ... adventures into the emotional and psychological unknown, anything that has stopped me dead in my tracks and taken my breath away, all that endures and is remembered by man for its beauty and knowledge.
I suppose I wish I had a fraction of what any of that has been, is, and will be. I think "I wish I'd thought of that" so many times it's uncountable, and to this day I think there is no better compliment you can pay anyone than to look at their work and think that, feel that - but I'm content to enjoy the fact that others did.