Interesting discussion. I just listened to a podcast this morning where Derrick Story interviewed Vincent Versace. (We are speaking of art, not Jounalism, here...) Versace quoted an art instructor, that surely was quoting someone else, when he said to thouroughly learn all of the rules so that you know exactly what you are doing when you break them.
GS On Sat, Aug 16, 2008 at 8:53 PM, Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Bill, Bill, Bill, > I'm speaking of art. Their should never be any rules in regard to > what is artful and what is not. Rules close the door on > experimentation and new direction. > > In terms of the social order, there should be many rules. Neo- > liberal? Me??? That's a hoot! I'm far more conservative when it comes > to social issues than the majority of the list, present company > included. > > As far as advertising is concerned, we have more rules to follow than > you could ever imagine. We can't even express an opinion about a > product. Nothing but the facts. Anything more, and the lawyers will > be hot on my ass. > > You're seriously out of touch. > Paul > On Aug 16, 2008, at 6:54 PM, William Robb wrote: > >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >> Subject: Re: When is a little Photoshoppery too much Photoshoppery? >> >> >>> The best rule is no rules. >> >> Which is why the world is pretty much going to hell in a >> handbasket. When no >> one believes in rules, no one will have any reason to respect >> anything. >> Rules are designed to keep a semblance of order, and quite frankly, >> the >> neo-liberal crap that expounds the virtues of "no rules" is >> mindless pap >> driven by porridge brained imbeciles. >> Present company excepted, I'm pretty sure Paul has been brainwashed >> from >> spending too much time in advertising, where the fewer the rules, >> the easier >> it is on everyone to pass off horse hockey as truth. >> >> 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. > > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
