> "Skill is knowing how to do what you want to do." (Jackson Pollock) Who claims otherwise?
I do. Because I refuse to consider people skilled just because they're doing what they want -- which would include Pollock -- as well as all those art school graduates whom William chides for being "unskilled". I'd bet those young artists are just as confident as Pollock that they are able to do what they want. Can't we assume that such a claim would, if solicited, accompany any public exhibition or performance? (however trivial or banal we might find it) Circularity is not avoided by switching the topic from "art" to "image" or "skill" -- so William's discussion of "skill" (skill to do what ??) will collapse just as quickly as Ranciere's discussion of "image". And Ranciere's collapsed as soon as he offered his example for the difference between art and non-art. Can anyone explain the fundamental difference between a television game show -- or sporting event -- and a film ? Can anyone explain the difference between Harry Potter and the Odyssey ? Saul has proposed that Potter etc "offers no real challenge formally or intellectually and do not give rise to insight." But can't challenging, indeed insurmountable, questions be asked about anything ? Why did Rawlings choose this word/speech rhythm/character type/plot instead of that one ? What do those choices say about her time and place in world history? Thinking back on my experience with television game shows - I admit that I hit the remote as soon as one pops up on the screen -- except that I have had some moments of reflection -- call it insight ? -- on that old program called "Fear Factor" -- where attractive young people were asked to do scary and/or repulsive things in the hopes of getting a big paycheck (and, of course, exposure on national television) There was something so pathetic about it -- and yet there were a few moments of real drama -- enhanced, I'm sure, by wise decisions made by the production crew and technical advisors. The television production of game and sporting events involves a lot of technical expertise -- as well as chance, or dumb luck -- just like, say, the glazing and firing of high-art ceramics. Most of the results may be worthless (a lot of pots get thrown out) -- but occasionally, everything works out fine -- and we get a brilliant, memorable moment of television -- or a beautiful tea bowl. _____________________________________________________________ Prices, software, charts & analysis. Click here to open your online FX trading account. http://thirdpartyoffers.netzero.net/TGL2211/fc/Ioyw6ijmQLp3GKbPykSsxIcTQCP0My r5w7wUGrFITPux6z3EMnySuY/
