I think it was Wyndham Lewis, inventor of Vorticism in England who is credited as saying "Art is war." There is also a very famous Japanese Zen text called "The Art of War".
I'll keep my fingers crossed for you and hope you'll return. In any event I'm sending positive emanations your way. Reed ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, May 18, 2005 3:50 PM Subject: (",) The War Of Art > > > > Has anyone read the book The Art Of War by Steven Pressfield? A friend > recomended it recently. As I a > m in this art funk I'm looking for inspiration. And what the heck is art > anyway? I live in a city of art. I h > aunt the galleries now and then. We have some seriously bad art here too. > But I admit I am an art s > nob as I know what I like and don't like. I grew up across from the > Whitney Museum of modern art in N > YC and boy did I see alot of interesting art, shocking art, weird art, bad > art, good art, and art? My m > other had many, many artists friends and art critic friends. It was always > interesting listening to the a > rt critic, he had many strong ideas. I was often confused by what he > thought of stuff that I would not c > onsider art back then. > > And now mail art? Back to what is it exactly? I have recieved many a > correspondence that most w > ould not consider art. But to me it's the effort of communication. This > last year has been hell for me a > s my muse disapeared and my mail art exchanges have dwindled. I can bearly > do anything and it's a > ll I can do to buy some postcards and shoot off a simple hello and thank > you. Recently some w > onderful woman sent me a handmade doll in the hopes that she would inspire > my muse to come b > ack to me. Cross your fingers for me gang! > > Peace, > ~Dragonfly Dream > > www.dragonflydream.com > > > > > To unsubscribe, send an email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Mailinglist from Sztuka Fabryka > http://www.sztuka-fabryka.be/ > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> In low income neighborhoods, 84% do not own computers. At Network for Good, help bridge the Digital Divide! http://us.click.yahoo.com/S.QlOD/3MnJAA/Zx0JAA/fuDrlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mailinglist from Sztuka Fabryka http://www.sztuka-fabryka.be/ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ma-network/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
