Fine art is more than just design. Boris Shoshensky ---------- Original Message ---------- From: armando baeza <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Cc: armando baeza <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Changing my mind confabulation? Date: Tue, 1 Sep 2009 20:48:15 -0700
The overall design is instant and lasting, good or bad. mando On Sep 1, 2009, at 8:27 PM, Michael Brady wrote: > On Sep 1, 2009, at 11:19 PM, Boris Shoshensky wrote: > >> I agree on "That's terrible", but to say "That's great" is more >> complex >> process. > > Perhaps we see things differently! <g> > > I know I do make such snap judgments, and they usually prove to be > durable. But I renew them each time I see the works, and sometimes > a terrible work grows on me and I reevaluate it, and likewise a > great work begins to diminish. What typically happens is that > certain qualities or aspects of the work obscure others, and later > I see the others after I've gotten used to seeing the things that > got in the way. As I'm writing this reply and reviewing my memories > of first encounters, I find that I usually sort them into five groups: > > Definitely not good > Probably not good, but I'll keep an open mind > Unremarkable, maybe good, maybe not, but it doesn't do anything for me > Probably good, but I'll have to think about it > Definitely good > > Most of the works in the two extremes stay where I put them, and > usually works in the gray, dull middle stay there, too--although I > can recall certain works that seemed uninspired at first and second > looks, but after a while, I bumped them up (almost never down). > Works in the other two categories have proved to be more mobile. > > > | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | > Michael Brady > [email protected] > http://considerthepreposition.blogspot.com/ > > Subscribe: [email protected] > Unsubscribe: [email protected] ____________________________________________________________ Make sure the temperature's always just right with a new thermostat. Click now! http://thirdpartyoffers.netzero.net/TGL2241/fc/BLSrjpYYBCiQ1R9G8LXPCHu9ZQ5ksB ivCD7iOvkZpXDKu3xI0iwBZUgE6xa/
