--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > The arts are an especially rich source of sweet suffering. Or > > > > maybe I'm listening to too much opera, and seeing too > > > > many heavy movies. But artists seem to revel in mixing beauty > > > > and pain. I figured that was not just an artist's trick, but > > > > a reflection of life. > > > > > > Something I've always wondered about: What happens to > > > art in a (hypothetical) Age of Enlightenment? > > > > > > Can you take pain and suffering and struggle out of > > > the mixture and have art just be about joy? > > > > I just uploaded 4 of my pieces, done over the last 25 years, into > > the Photos section under miscellaneous. Other than the mandala, > > which is colored pencil and metallic ink on paper, the others are > > montages from photos of carved and colored wood pieces, ranging in > > size from about a foot square to about 3.5 feet by 10 inches. Art > > reflects the pysche and interest of the artist. > > The artists I support as "mini-patron" are all > completely positive. They don't buy into the > "art is suffering" crap, and it doesn't appear > in their work. They manage to sell a lot of it, > so t'would seem that there are a lot of art > buyers out there who don't buy into the > suffering crap, either. >
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