On 3/19/2015 5:18 PM, Kim Jones wrote:
Critics exist to criticise, to provide critiques (opinions) and make criticisms of
existing ideas.
That's the general meaning, but art critics also praise. In fact it seems that their main
function is to tell us how and what to think about what we might otherwise dismiss with,
"WTF?"
Brent
For the professional critic, proposing or inventing ideas is always someone else's job.
Criticism is by its very nature negative or Black Hat thinking ie one style of thinking
out of many. Many people like to style themselves as "the resident Black Hat thinker"
which is not surprising at all since it turns out that criticising existing ideas is the
easiest form of thinking.
Actually we don't need critics making their "critiques" at all. What we need is for ALL
thinkers to know when to wear the Black Hat and when not to wear it. As usual the role
of criticism is supposed to be a constructive one but I'm afraid that's an oxymoron as
criticism is always negative and that's its function.
Kim
On 20 Mar 2015, at 10:31 am, meekerdb <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
On 3/19/2015 3:54 PM, LizR wrote:
On 20 March 2015 at 10:56, Kim Jones <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Clark is that desperate order of human whose only creative ability lies in
shitting on the thinking of others. He is quite simply bereft of any
thinking of
his own and has clearly never once in gis life experienced a creative idea
- even
by accident. He is therefore exists only as a parasite on the back of
others since
he lacks the means to exist as a thinker in his own right.
This might be of interest...
http://writersfestival.co.nz/events/the-role-of-the-critic/
I wonder why only art needs critics?
Brent
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