[alt-photo] Re: DESICCATE! DESICCATE! DANCE TO THE MUSIC!

[Loris Medici]

I think all this stuff we're discussing about is ultimately and closely
related to the points made in the famous "The Two Cultures" lecture by
C.P.Snow, and the following - still ongoing - related rhetoric /
dialectic... I think photography has an unique place right in between those
"two cultures" - therefore it's not surprizing that our discussion
eventually finds it way there...

We may (or much more preferrably to me - may not) continue on this basis, if
you like...

Regards,
Loris.

P.S.2. I suspect you are making some wrong assumptions / premises about what
and how I teach, to whom and in how much time / what schedule... This is
definitely not my class! My sincere apologies if I have made anyone feel so
- that's definitely not my intention. Jeez, that's incredible!? I'm really
stunned... Who would think that? Who am I, in fact!? Serious...


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Diana Bloomfield
Sent: Thursday, July 29, 2010 5:09 PM
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Subject: [alt-photo] Re: DESICCATE! DESICCATE! DANCE TO THE MUSIC!

Hi Loris,

I agree that it's all about "how to present . . . "

I agree, too, that people should "learn something" about the chemicals
involved when teaching this stuff, and most certainly in a beginning class.
Yes, absolutely.

And, obviously-- by your definition-- I'm not a "normal" person and  
most likely didn't have a "normal" high school education, either.   
Yeah, that's probably correct, though I've always thought I was pretty
fortunate in that regard. ;)

Not a high school memory-- but I do remember in elementary school, I had a
teacher once who would just stop the class at a moment's notice, and say
"Why don't we just get up and dance?"  And then she'd put the needle on a
record and have us all stand up and do our own individual versions of modern
dance (though she didn't actually call it that), just swaying any which way
to this music, all around the room for 15 minutes or so-- and then we'd
eventually get "back to work."  I loved that, and when I think of elementary
school, that's most often what I remember.  Yeah, I probably didn't have a
"normal" education, and I am ever so grateful for that.

Thanks, Loris.

~Diana
>
> Diana, in teaching, actually almost all is about "how to present the 
> subject", not "the subject" - especially for this kind of very simple
> (really!) stuff which is definitely "within the reach of any normal 
> person with a normal (highschool?) education". Plus, I really don't 
> like the idea of letting people play which chemicals w/o learning 
> something (absolute
> minimum) about them...
>
> Thanks much again & Regards,
> Loris.
>
>
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