I'm reminded that when I visited the Sistine Chapel the man in front of me in line was blind, white cane and all. He seemed to be as moved as the rest of us. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Murray" <mur...@uptowngallery.org> To: <pinhole-discussion@p at ???????> Sent: Monday, January 14, 2002 2:21 PM Subject: [pinhole-discussion] Alexis' debate of how and why.
> Hello: > > I'm deeply rooted in the 'how' first, before the 'why'. It's my nature to > try and understand processes before I experiment with them, so thus far, I'm > mostly an 'armchair' pinholer (I spend alot of time planning great things > rahter than doing them). > > I think there is some validity in this approach even in a more balanced > case... > > I draw parallels among different artforms - > > To produce poetry of any depth, one has to learn the language > ....vocabulary, grammar, style, > etc, and study previous works. > > To produce music, one must learn and practice a great deal of mechanical and > theoretical matters before creating art. Someone once said of jazz, "you > have to learn the rules before you can break them." Heretoo, one has to > learn the language to 'speak > > Painting requires a mastery of technique to allwo the process or craft to > deliver a feeling, rather than be an obstacle to expression > > Some people have told me "this is pinhole...just do it." I'm heading > there...I just don't do well with a purely Edisonian approach (by gosh or by > golly results). I then don't know why something worked or didn't work. > > Getting to the 'why' part, I'm practicing with an SLR right now, taking > shots of things I want to do in pinhole...I feel like maybe if I can learn > to 'see' composition conventionally, it will give me better pinhole results, > since composing them is a 'blinder' approach. > > Speaking of blind photographers, which has been discussed here earlier, > someone told me they met an artist recently who sold a painting to Stevie > Wonder...I paused for a moment, trying to imagine what or how he would > select, and she said that someone with him guided him and he selected one by > touching it. That was interesting, but that leaves us photographers out of > the loop. > > Murray > > > _______________________________________________ > Pinhole-Discussion mailing list > Pinhole-Discussion@p at ??????? > unsubscribe or change your account at > http://www.???????/discussion/ >
