If you don't make quick judgments, Michael, how do you get past the first booth at a street art fair?
How quickly can you "open yourself up to the voice of the artwork and be willing to follow what it has to say"? Can you really do that more than a dozen times in an afternoon? If you don't make judgments, you won't have time to find the really good stuff (and that hunt for the really good stuff is what I would call "the joy of art") Instead, you'll just have to rely on the judgments that others have made for you -- by promoting or placing the works so that you can't avoid them. But I really doubt you avoid judgments when it comes to reading books, do you? Unless the book is really famous, don't the first few pages tell you whether you wish to continue? As Cheerskep would say, you don't need to eat the entire egg to determine that it's rotten. >I stress an open and engaging aesthetic attitude because that attitude is a necessary precondition to a fulfilling relationship between a viewer and a work of art. Some pieces "win over the viewer" from the outset and people will open up because they immediately like the colors or texture or subject matter. But, I admonish viewers not to let first impressions determine their openness to art. The problem with "critical differentiation" i ____________________________________________________________ Small Business Tools Reduce your business expense. Click here to find products for your small business. http://thirdpartyoffers.netzero.net/TGL2231/c?cp=f5BVFLUAWjIrmK1Jb4mMkwAAJz6c l_zTaptgNR5c8Mer1v9kAAYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAADNAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARMQAAAAA=
