Terrence writes;
One senior artist told me once, "artists can't be (ethically)
environmentalists".
I didn't agree but i saw his point. It did not stop me from producing art
about my environmental anti consumer concerns. I still make use of my utility
of pleasure but there is pleasure in the tools such as the one i use to send
this message. letters on paper would not work as a replacement for this
thread.
less paper less packaging less impact on the environment. What is sacred? What
will be the legacy of communication threads?
A friend of mine has large cd collection. One of the cd's has a blinking light
on it. It stands out. The thin spines of cds are barely legible but more brow
sable then records. However records are more tactile as you leave through
them. Their covers read like pop icon history. Their worn texture's look like
(russian)icons. I get a certain melancholy looking at them. My older brother's
and sisters youthful dreams are caught up in their aged almost sacred
appearance. Can cds have this appearance someday?
T.
artnatural
Ann Klefstad wrote:
> > Terrence writes;
> >
> >
> > Simplyfy your life with 'highend' things.
> >
> > Real Simple mag;
>
> Heiko, I too like the visuals w/ the music, the album covers, etc. Some of
> the most indelible images from my childhood were images from album covers.
>
> Terrence:
> Real Simple mag is run by an editor who is childless, married to a cardiac
> surgeon, has a 4-story townhouse in Greenwich Village, and whose
> relationship to simplicity is purely voluntary. This seems perverse; why
> does it seem so? I mean, she's well-meaning, she probably consumes less
> than some, her advice in the first issue isn't bad, though spectacularly
> unnecessary--Why is the whole project so rage-inducing? Because I'm enraged
> by it too, and don't quite understand why. I thought perhaps my automatic
> eat-the-rich responses were in my past, but maybe that's the reason--
>
> AK
