I know it's dangerous to compare the arts, but today I heard the astonishing pianist, Simon Trpceski. I saw his hands move like birds' wings. I saw his body sway and lean and sweat as though posessed as he played Tchaikovsky. As Pollock once retorted that he "was nature" so did Trpceski seem to be the music. And his genius comes alive through skill. What could he do without his skill? He might lean and sway but he would not play as he does...and bring the whole audience to its feet for more than ten minutes of applause and cheers. What do we make of this when we see the visual arts purposely "deskilled" today? When we routinely dismiss skill as being the least of the aesthetic concerns what are we doing?
I don't know. Although "for every loss there is a gain" there is no guarantee that they are equal. WC --- On Fri, 11/14/08, armando baeza <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: armando baeza <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Stupidity and subversion > To: [email protected] > Cc: "armando baeza" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Friday, November 14, 2008, 6:24 PM > Of course, I mean experiences from life and other possible > places > that my body or mind has digested and freely are expressed > in my art, > Including skills that I make it satisfieing, to me > mando > > On Nov 14, 2008, at 3:07 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > In a message dated 11/14/08 5:15:01 PM, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > > > >> Ultimatelly creativity is much more from our inner > being then clever > >> skill. > >> mando > >> > > l may agree with an element of what you're saying, > and I think few > > of the > > creators on the forum would disagree. There have been > a couple of > > areas in my > > life when I've had moments of "clever > skill" -- as a book > > publisher, in a > > non-fiction book I wrote, and even, say I, a few > moments in > > philosophy. But > > nothing > > else has "done it for me" like writing > plays. > > > > Whether or not that alleged "creativity" > comes more from my "inner > > being" is > > a bit too obscure for me to remark on. > > > > > > > > ************** > > Get the Moviefone Toolbar. Showtimes, theaters, movie > news & > > > more!(http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100000075x1212774565x1200812037/ > > > aol?redir > > =htt > > > p://toolbar.aol.com/moviefone/download.html?ncid=emlcntusdown00000001)
