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 in 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. I like what I
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: Inline image 1] > > [demime 1.01d removed an attachment of type image/png which had a name of image.png]
