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From: "armando baeza" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Stupidity and subversion
I think the creativity must be shared with the composer, but the skill is
the interpretation
of the pianist.
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I recently read something to the effect that "every artist is part surgeon
and part poet" (my paraphrase of an artist who's name I have forgotten. And
I don't have the energy right now to try to research it)
What this artist meant I was told, is that the creation of a piece of art
requires the delicate skill of the surgeon (e.g. handling a brush) as well
as the emotive gestures of the poet. Either skill or poetics may be
dominant in a particular piece of art, but both are usually there to some
degree. The metaphor neglects the skill of the poet and the expressiveness
of the surgeon (perhaps in the placement and arc of the cut or the way
things are sewed back up, not to mention creative ways of handling tissue,
etc.) but conveys something I find interesting..
I don't believe that much skill is always necessary in creating something
beautiful. Skill, it seems to me, is more about the ability of the artist
to create some envisioned result.
An artist may envision some work of art that requires only minimal skill to
create. Another artist may envision a work of art that does require
considerable skill. Works that require considerable skill may be well or
poorly executed. I believe there is a tendency to place more value on works
of art that require skill. Yet, there is also something to say for those
artists who envision creations that go together easily and with simplicity.
Mike Mallory
