jeffbuck@swcp.com
Date: 09/03/02-11:04:12 AM Z
Another extra thought that some might find interesting: Samuel Johnson, the
18th Century literary divine, is probably most famous for the maxim, "Nothing
will please many or please long but just representations of general nature."
That is a slippery idea (and is no more all there is to Johnson than the
sentence "the medium is the message" is all there is to M.M.), but isn't there
some resonance to it as applied to our discussions of AA? -jb
PhotonTom@aol.com said:
> Just an extra thought.... "Calendar Artist" is used as an appelation, but
> would the same using that apply it to Degas, Monet, Rembrandt or any of
> dozens of other artists whose works have been "calendarized"? The fact that
> something is found pleasing to the eye by many (oh God, the unwashed
> masses!!) does not negate the validity of the work or its excellence... and
> having works that are "edgy" does not automatically make them better.
> Extreme sports, extreme arts. Some things, edgy or calendar are, frankly,
> crap...some are not. I'd suggest that what is needed more that one spend
> some time with a work... just as we may put up one of our own images on the
> wall for a period to really get a good feel for how well it works. I've
been
> guilty of dashing through an exhibition and ready to evaluate it on the
spot,
> but I've also gone back to some several times and developed a real
> appreciation for works that at first glance did not.
> Cheers to all (new to this list...great sport)
> Tom Crowe
> Thomas Crowe Studios-Photographic Arts
> Lost in East Tennessee
>
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