What does the image maker know ? This question seems to deserve it's own thread -- whether "Fate of the Image" addresses it or not.
On the one hand, we have Pollock's remark: "Skill is knowing how to do what you want to do." -- and since Pollock did not offer much explanation about what he wanted to do -- we must assume that he did not consider such an explanation to be necessary. So his claim would apply to the spider spinning his web - as well as Jackson dripping his paint. On the other hand, we have Saul's assertion that: "knowing how to do what you want to do - Is not the same thing as doing what you want to do, which often requires no knowledge." So perhaps Jackson and the spider really didn't know how to do what they did -- they just did what they wanted. If that were the case -- how would we know it ? Can anyone offer any examples of images that were made by people who didn't know how to make them ? (excluding those instances where the maker herself rejected the image as a failure) Saul offered up the example of Henri Rousseau -- who "thought of himself as a classical artist - the problem is he did not have the skills (technical knowledge) to make that type of painting - so he made the type that he could - which required different skills" But that seems to be a case of a maker rejecting his own attempts at something he doesn't know how to do. So what about it ? Can Saul or anyone else come up with any examples of an image maker who didn't know to make the image that he did not then reject ? If not --- I think we'll have to retire both Pollock's and Saul's assertions --- as either trivial or false. _____________________________________________________________ Need local Internet advertising for your business? Click Here. http://thirdpartyoffers.netzero.net/TGL2211/fc/Ioyw6ijmRCOfEWsf8BUGx6w7akGaPL vt2IqIqeBXKQvPRJCZYYVXk4/
