On 28 July 2010 09:36, James Morris <[email protected]> wrote: > On 27 July 2010 13:50, Andreas Jacobs <[email protected]> wrote: >> James, >> >> It is non-visual art, so we can easily close our eyes for it. >> >> When we do not see or touch it, it ceased to exist in a material world >> >> The remnants are immaterial socially constructed imagination exercises >> for and by 'Liebhaber', German language for amateurs. >> >> Not intending to be insulting, but I do think James made a point with >> his, maybe exaggarated, remarks. >> >> Me personally, like more anti-social art forms but that is because of >> my particular societal conditions >> >> Best >> >> Andreas Maria Jacobs >> > > > yes i'm an amateur, a dilettante with a desultory practice, a dreamer. > > there's no way in hell i'll ever seriously contemplate make a living > from being an artist unless enough money to do so is handed to me on a > plate. > > at this moment in time, i only want a job (which i have on a temporary > contract (away from the clutches of the agency)). ideally it would be > a job with less hours and pays better, but 8 hrs a day 5 days a week > for almost £200 take-home (per week) is better than nothing. > > i find tree-climbing workshops insulting. >
The only thing art has ever done for me, is given me a £12000 student debt, a mechanism for making stuff out of my bitterness. _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list [email protected] http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
