Okay, but I can't accept your not liking lima beans:-) On Mar 31, 2008, at 12:50 AM, William Robb wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Paul Stenquist" > Subject: Re: PESO: Dreamland > > >> A contradiction to my mind. Street photography is realism. First >> cousin to journalism. It has nothing to do with impressionism and >> certainly has little to do with jazz music. All genres can be valid. >> Each work can be judged on its own merits. You reacted positively to >> this photo when first presented, then hopped on the bus when someone >> objected to its surreal nature. Are you coming down firmly on both >> sides of the fence? (Ouch:-) >> > > I'm not seeing it as impressionistic art, nor was I comparing it to > jazz music or street > photography other than as other examples of work I don't, as a > rule, understand. My not > understanding or enjoying something doesn't alter it's validity. I > don't understand why some > people would willingly jump out of a perfectly good airplane for > fun, but I don't question that > skydiving must be a good time for those who pursue it. > I also don't particularly like Lima beans, but some people must, > for I see that one can still > buy them, so for some, they must be considered valid food. > I just don't understand it myself. > > Also, I wasn't stating an absolute, merely a tendency of mine. Your > misinterpretation of what I > wrote is doesn't alter the validity of the thought process (or > whisky muddled lack of same) > behind said writing. :-) > > William Robb > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above > and follow the directions.
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