I really owe Crystal a huge apology! It was my original reference to "The Emperors Clothes" and *my* perception of the "Art" as being like traffic diversion banners- to which Crystal gave qualified agreement! Since then that lovely lady has been harangued, berated and, for some reason, required to defend her view! I personally thought it arty-farty rubbish! That's MY opinion. You won't change it. If you wish to waste time trying- go for it!
Cheers anyway- let's all enjoy being different!! Keith in OZ Keith Helgesen. Director of Music, Canberra City Band. Ph: (02) 62910787. Band Mob. 0436-620587 Private Mob 0417-042171 -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Crystal Premo Sent: Wednesday, 23 February 2005 11:59 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Finale] OT: Christo's The Gates, NYC Central Park >Andrew, that statement about some NYC schools having no resources is >nothing but hogwash. Excuse me, but there certainly are schools in NYC who have no resources. My friend teaches in a school that has no books or other such aids to help her teach mentally disadvantaged children. If the young lady who made the statement >actually knows about such a school, she ought to notify the region >superintendent's office immediately instead of ranting about what Martians may think of us. See, now this is what I mean about spitting fire at me. Ranting? All I did was express my reaction to the Cristo project. So what if I didn't like it? Why does anybody care? It was just my reaction, not my platform on funding for the arts or some sort of diatribe against the artists personally. Was I rude to you or anyone else? And the superintendant is acutely aware of the schools that are disadvantaged. They don't have the money to do anything about it. The schools that have the most money are the ones with a parent association populated by more affluent, dual-income families, parents who both know how to raise money and are willing to put in the time to create money-making events. I have two children, the youngest of whom is 13, and I have had a little experience with this and am not just talking out of my hat. I still don't understand why you ascribe such importance to the fact that I didn't like Cristo and Jean-Claude's art. I just didn't. I'm glad you did. God bless you for appreciating it. Crystal > >Herman > >On Feb 22, 2005, at 2:43 PM, Andrew Stiller wrote: > >>> a middle school in the Bronx that has no resources at all: no books, >>>no lockers, nothing they need. >> >>Not to deny the inadequacy of school funding, but is there in fact, >>anywhere in NYC, such a school? > >_______________________________________________ >Finale mailing list >[email protected] >http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 266.4.0 - Release Date: 22/02/2005 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 266.4.0 - Release Date: 22/02/2005 _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
