[SlowBoat407]

I visited the Rothko chapel on a trip to Houston and felt like I needed a hot scrubbing shower afterwards. There was something distinctly dark and disturbed in his work, and I wanted no part of it.

[Republicanprofessor]

I visited the Rothko chapel on a trip to Houston and felt like I needed a hot scrubbing shower afterwards. There was something distinctly dark and disturbed in his work, and I wanted no part of it.

That may be true, but the very fact that the work affected you so much shows that the artist was successful in conveying content through his works, whether you liked it or not. Perhaps works are even more powerful when we react viscerally against them.

I didn't have enough time when I was there to really get to that state. I got there as soon as I could, but I still only had 5 minutes before they closed.

[atlaw]

I've noticed that the Chapel can have that effect on certain viewers. Like I noted, it has a peculiar way of working on the imagination. Personally, I find that it reveals increasing imagery and a kind of perpetually expanding field of view with each visit, almost as if you are looking through a window into the depths of a subtly shifting universe.