From: Jeff Buck (jeffbuck@swcp.com)
Date: 12/13/02-09:22:29 PM Z
Jon: I guess my dream is to produce images that suggest no verbal
dimension whatsoever. I suppose that's a bit of a stretch. I think about
it frequently, though, and reject the making of certain images all the time
because I think the image would suggest an idea. -jb
At 09:43 PM 12/13/2002 -0500, Jonathan Bailey wrote:
>Shannon-
>
> > in a kind of humorous way, for saying that everything now is some sort of
> > simulacrum.>
>
>Ahhhh... life in a simulacrum: THOSE were the days.... (Hey!! wait a
>minute - didn't mothers use to feed their babies Simulacrum?!?!?!)
>
> > The second idea--it might seem the converse of what has just been
> > described--is that in a world saturated, even hypersaturated, with images,
>
>Shannon, my sincere apologies - I'm not picking on you. Your interest in
>posting this is sincere and earnest, and I don't wish to negate that.
>
>But, I'd like to ask: at what point did it become necessary for artists to
>also be intellectuals?? To a very great extent, the two "disciplines" (for
>lack of a better word) are mutually exclusive. And, I'd like to get clear:
>are we discussing ideas which serve images - or are we discussing images
>which serve ideas?? To me, the difference is an important one....
>
>Best - Jon
>www.jonathan-bailey.com
>Tenants Harbor, Maine
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