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--- On Tue, 9/23/08, ARMANDO BAEZA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: ARMANDO BAEZA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Examining the theory > To: [email protected] > Date: Tuesday, September 23, 2008, 4:46 PM > Cheerskep, > > As I start a new sculpture design , which in my case > simply the nude figure. Most every thing you state > that runs thru your mind, perhaps runs subconscious > through mine, also, but unaware while in the process > of it's creation. I rely and trust on my training and > experience within my inner being to do that for me. > Knowing that the nude can express endless universal > emotions ,ideas, symbolisms is part of my objective. > > mando > > --- On Tue, 9/23/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: Re: Examining the theory > > To: [email protected] > > Date: Tuesday, September 23, 2008, 11:27 AM > > In a message dated 9/23/08 12:35:39 PM, > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > > > > > I understand that the artist is concerned only > > > with his/her perception - whether an observer > shared > > in some specific > > > meaning is apparently not important; > > > > > Geoff -- You have to keep in mind that this forum is > > dominated by visual > > artists, among whom you're likely to find many -- > > though not all -- who honestly > > feel, "The hell with being preoccupied with the > effect > > of my work on others. I > > paint what I want." > > > > I know I can be a pain in the neck for many > fellow-listers, > > but, say I, I am > > from the forum point of view healthily different. In > two > > ways: For one, I seem > > to be at the moment the only contributing > > "philosopher". For another, I'm an > > "artist" of sorts, but my "art" is > > different from visual art. > > > > I'm a playwright. Behind every line I write > there is > > a good deal of concern > > about its effects on contemplators (both readers and > live > > audience members). > > The concerns are various. Often the concern is focused > on > > immediate > > impression: If I write a line that's supposed to > be > > moving or funny or surprising, and > > in every developmental reading or workshop performance > it > > proves to be a dud, > > chances are I'll either revise it (or its > preparatory > > lead-up) or delete it. > > > > Accepting what I think is the spirit behind your use > of the > > word 'meaning', > > I'll make an ad-hoc distinction between two kinds > of > > "meaning-notion" I want to > > occasion. One I'll call cerebral -- > > "exposition" -- the other, emotional. In > > exposition, the narrative writer wants the viewer to > take > > on board certain > > "facts" about characters and their situation > -- > > e.g. this woman is that man's > > daughter, this guy is very rich, that fellow has a > terminal > > illness. In those > > cases I know the "fact" I want to convey > > "clearly". > > > > But much of the "emotional" impact, the > > idiosyncratic interpretation a viewer > > brings to bear, I'm happy to leave to the viewer. > I > > LIKE it when I see > > audience members leaving the theater arguing about > given > > characters or events. I can > > imagine Shakespeare's being content to see viewers > > holding different > > judgments about the sanity or pitiability of Hamlet or > > Lear. Granted, if I created a > > character that I liked and found intensely > interesting, and > > every single viewer > > felt he was boring and a bastard, I'd take that as > damn > > bad news. > > > > In practice, though, except in the farce I wrote, I > know my > > characters are > > multiplex, and I understand it when some viewers like > them > > some of the time and > > are repelled some of the time. I don't expect > uniform > > reactions in an audience > > to characters like those. In one of my current > scripts, > > there's an > > ultra-smart, highly educated guy. I'm aware some > > viewers will recoil from him on that > > fact alone. Well, I don't write for those people. > I > > don't want to spend two > > hours watching slackers in someone else's play, > and I > > sure don't want to spend > > months writing about one. So in that sense I > "paint > > what I want". But behind > > that decision is a conviction there are potential > viewers > > who also like being > > with gifted characters. > > > > As a writer, I work at creating a gripping storyline. > And > > I'm looking to grip > > not just myself but an audience. > > > > All of which is to say that "whether an observer > > shared in some specific > > meaning is apparently not important" doesn't > apply > > to this would-be "artist". > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ************** > > Looking for simple solutions to your real-life > financial > > challenges? Check out WalletPop for the latest news > and > > information, tips and > > calculators. > > > (http://www.walletpop.com/?NCID=emlcntuswall00000001)
