In a message dated 6/16/2003 4:38:06 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> Well that's bull. But your're entitled to your opinion I > suppose. I agree -- it's bull. The best photographer in my last class was this guy who had already taken his photos pre-class (the teacher didn't especially like that -- wanted people to take their photos during class so his critiques would have some application -- but he was good so he didn't criticize much) on a trip to St. Thomas. In his case, it was more a matter of picking out the best ones and if any would be better cropped. All the ones he ended up putting in the show were the originals, uncropped. The ones he got right the first time. And the presumption that women are better at visual arts totally negates all the past great painters over the centuries who were mainly men (however, yes, a lot of that was cultural, as women were usually not "allowed" to be artists). I *would* agree in the US and other Western cultures that women are more supported for being "artsy-fartsy" or doing some kind of craft. While a man might be frowned on as being somewhat sissy (or "worse") for doing the same thing. Unless, however, he is an architect, drafter, wood worker, film maker, musician, photographer, and/or painter, etc. Genius knows no father, and "art" knows no gender. Whatever. ;-) Marnie aka Doe
