Ian, Two years after my husband died, I, at 52, left the IT/Corporate environment to learn to paint and basically make "art". I had no illusions of fame or fortune, and I have not once regretted the decision. I don't know the cultural Perry; who I heard was a human being talk of art as "making meaning" and talking about "taking refuge in art" and as a bonus having a favorite quote from 'Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance,'. He had my heart from the first lecture. And yes, he spoke from the wisdom of experience. - Funny thing too, when I left the professional life, I too, had to wear a costume of sorts as a rite of passage to a different way of being.
Marsha > On Dec 3, 2013, at 11:37 AM, Ian Glendinning <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Understood Marsha. > > In fact there has been a media "backlash" against Perry since his rise > to Reith lecture fame. He's become what we call euphemistically in > little-old-UK a "national treasure" - someone we all love and defend > for no obvious reason at the present time. > > Like you I think what he says is enlightened, by the wisdom of > experience, even (especially) when it's not shockingly original (part > of his point of course). > > Ian > >> On Tue, Dec 3, 2013 at 10:04 AM, MarshaV <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hi Ian, >> >> I had no expectations, so just enjoyed Perry talking about art. While he >> was quite humorous, underneath he was quite insightful. The reference to >> ZAMM was in the Q&A. Thanks for announcing the lectures. >> >> >> Marsha >> >> >> >> >> >>> On Dec 3, 2013, at 4:12 AM, Ian Glendinning <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>> Well, I didn't notice that Marsha, >>> >>> By the time I got to the 4th lecture, I must have been flagging. I >>> blogged notes about the first three, but got side-tracked by day-job >>> pressures by the time I got to the fourth. I found the whole series >>> credible and sensible, but the art critical press found it all too >>> boring - not earth-shatteringly anti-establishment enough - so >>> positive public media comment dropped off very quickly after the final >>> lecture. >>> >>> I must listen again. >>> Ian >>> >>>> On Sat, Nov 30, 2013 at 7:13 PM, MarshaV <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> Greetings, >>>> >>>> I just finished the fourth and final lecture by Grayson Perry. Lo and >>>> behold, Perry mentions and "paraphrases" a quote (stated as a favorite of >>>> his) from ZAMM. Bravo for the lectures and his good taste in quotes. >>>> >>>> >>>> Marsha >>>> 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/md/archives.html >>> 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/md/archives.html >> 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/md/archives.html > 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/md/archives.html 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/md/archives.html
