In the simplest way that i can say it, for me, things that i have never experienced or have forgotten are things that are more apt to have some aesthetic value to me. And realism that i'm familiar with is just that, like a reaction of "nice to see you again" nothing more. I subscribe to Art in America and " Sculpture" magazines and feel like it's a total waste of time. as if artist are trying to out do each other in originality without consideration for the universality of it's content . Could be I"m wrong. Yet I like what I do, just another so called "artist" using up his days, and loving his own work.
mando On Dec 18, 2013, at 9:18 AM, saul ostrow wrote: > Last week I was part of two different conversations - one concerning collaboration (a new buzz word for grant writers) - the other on habit (as a aspect of an artist's studio practice) in both cases there was an attempt by the participants to broaden the terms to be all inclusive -rather than any attempt to narrow the term to the specifics of the context in which they were being addressed. Likewise I find this tendency among students as well - in that they would prefer the most vague usage of a term - rather than gain clarity - perhaps this is due to the use of the internet and WWW where everything is in whole or part indiscriminately linked to everything else - > > > On Tue, Dec 17, 2013 at 11:55 PM, armando baeza <[email protected]> wrote: > On Dec 11, 2013, at 1:59 PM, [email protected] wrote: > > > In a message dated 12/11/13 4:12:31 PM, [email protected] writes: > > > > > >> I have experience similar feelings in sport watching, and i many > >> other situations, even perhaps elections that hang on to the last count. > >> > > True enough, Mando. You're right to cite political events that often unfold > > in such a way as to occasion a feeling that I'm inclined say involves at > > least some aspect of "aesthetic". > > > > Other real life events also come close enough to prompt "artists" to go to > > work. Inevitably when an artist has at the material, they change the facts . > > CHARIOTS OF FIRE won four Oscars (music, best movie, best screenplay, best > > costume design). I enjoyed it immensely, but because I'm a track and field > > buff, I was jarred by the amount of sheer invention in the story. Though the > > philosopher C.J. Ducasse, a celebrated philosopher of aesthetics seventy > > five years ago, in effect rejected "realistic" "drama" as "art", saying the > > feeling it occasions is not aesthetic but "vicarious". > > > > > -- > > <image.png>
