In a message dated 10/2/10 5:30:33 PM, [email protected] writes:
> An artist does something that can be encircled by a context that members > of a > group regard as art for various reasons they choose. Talent, genius, > creativity, > all those qualitative words are interpretative and descriptive. They don't > > identify anything independent of interpretation. > > Further, Gissing's remarks hark back to older romantic notions of the > artist as > outsider, a different sort of creature, having unique uber-human but > usually > troubling traits. > I want to point out that I don't particularly believe in artistic genius except in one or two examples and that I also don't particularly like George Gissing. Kate Sullivan
