I am in total agreement. The artist must know what conventional thinking dictates. And when that artist breaks a rule, he or she must have a valid reason for doing so. But there should never be barriers to the expression of an idea. If a new expression or point of view is invalid, criticism and the test of time will render it so. Altering a photograph with digital tools isn't exactly heresy, it's a valid form of artistic expression and experimentation. The jury went out on that a long, long time ago. Paul On Aug 16, 2008, at 9:59 PM, George Sinos wrote:
> 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. -- 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.
