I don't understand the 'freedom' word you use. Most of the artists I know and know about are very disciplined in their work and work habits. I think the freedom word is a cliche and doesn't mean anything when it comes to artistic effort and creative 'freedom'. In that last regard freedom means, usually, an open mind with respect to art making opportunities related to intention. (Remember that I don't think intention is necessarily related to content or meaning). wc
----- Original Message ---- From: joseph berg <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Tue, July 31, 2012 4:51:38 PM Subject: Re: "Attention is crucial, focusing only on key shapes and ignoring superfluous details." On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 5:01 PM, William Conger <[email protected]>wrote: > It's ridiculous to insist that because taste in art is subjective it is > also > unique to such an extent that others don't share it. People of a given > locale, > time, culture tend to have much more in common than they themselves might > think. > Advertisers and product managers devote much time and money discovering > how > those individual subjective tastes really represent a large group of > people. > Artists also think about the tastes of their preferred audiences and > conform > their work accordingly --- more than they may admit. > WC > > > Since I am the only poster here who is not engaged in creating art, let me give you the non-artist's perspective on consensus. Artists always seem say that they NEED freedom because they NEED to create. Those compulsions are not shared by most people. And it's a good thing because if they were, where would the artists' audiences come from?
