No, I have not...sort of down on the professional art scene. intuitive as ever. thanks for allowing me to realize this.
-R ________________________________ From: MarshaV <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, April 12, 2009 8:12:24 AM Subject: Re: [MD] Indiviidual Achievers Wow, Ron, it sure sounds like you haven't had too much time to be making art lately. At 08:05 AM 4/12/2009, you wrote: >Platt, >I agree. It takes gumption and insight, not all given the opportunity he had >would change perception the way he did, but, one has to take into account >the society that is able to recognize it and >exhault it. Artists are little more >than street bums without someones patronage. I guess what I'm saying is >that it takes an appreciation along with indiviual talent to make Art. >-Ron > > > > >________________________________ >From: Platt Holden <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Sent: Saturday, April 11, 2009 10:33:01 AM >Subject: Re: [MD] Indiviidual Achievers > > > >[Ron] > > "His father, Louis-Auguste Cézanne (28 July 1798 - 23 October 1886),[3] > > was the cofounder of a banking firm that prospered throughout the artist's > > life, affording him financial security that was unavailable to most of his > > contemporaries and eventually resulting in a large inheritance."-wiki > > > > Paul was not a lone individual. All depends on how one views a "free > > lunch". > >No one is a "lone individual" in the sense he doesn't have a family and >friends. But Cezanne, like many others who have achieved great things, >changed the world with his individual mind, heart, initiative, insight, >energy, creativity, ingenuity perseverance and skill -- and openness to the >creative force of DQ.. > > > > ________________________________ > > From: Platt Holden <[email protected]> > > To: [email protected] > > Sent: Thursday, April 9, 2009 3:02:56 PM > > Subject: [MD] Indiviidual Achievers > > > > All: > > > > Pirsig´s focus on the importance of the individual in responding to > > Dynamic > > Quality is evident throughout his writings, perhaps most eloquently > > expressed in Lila, Chap. 29: > > > > "That's what drives the really creative people-the artists, composers, > > revolutionaries and the like-the feeling that if they don't break out of > > this jailhouse somebody has built around them, they're going to die. > > "But they're not being contrary in a way that is just decadent. They're > > way > > too energetic and aggressive to be decadent. They're fighting for some > > kind > > of Dynamic freedom from the static patterns. But the Dynamic freedom > > they're fitting for is a kind of morality too. And it's a highly important > > part of the overall moral process. It´s often confused with degeneracy > > but > > it´s actually a form of moral regeneration. Without its continual > > refreshment static patterns would simply die of old age." > > > > I was reminded of this passage this morning while reading a Wall St. > > Journal article about Paul Cezanne that begins: > > > > "For many modern artists Paul Cezanne was a talismanic figure, the shadow > > of his painting as impossible to escape as his achievement was to define. > > Throughout the 20th century, as scholars labored to construct a viable > > history of modern art, Cezanne (along with Manet, Courbet and a handful of > > transgressive others) was posited as its fountainhead, the protean > > begetter > > whose countless progeny shaped a new aesthetic that placed vision and > > touch > > above formal and narrative concerns." > > > > Besides illustrating a human being´s response to Dynamic Quality, Cezanne > > almost single handily rescued painting from static boredom and eventual > > deterioration. That´s what the great individual achievers do, whether a > > Paul Cezanne or a Niels Bohr. In pursuing the Conceptually Unknown in > > response to DQ they lift all the rest of us to new levels of freedom, > > versatility and beauty, revealing the creative force of DQ in the > > process. > > > > Platt > > > >Moq_Discuss mailing list >Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. >http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org >Archives: >http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ >http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/ > > > > >Moq_Discuss mailing list >Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. >http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org >Archives: >http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ >http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/ . _____________ Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you'll land among the stars.......... . . Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/ Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
