Re: [Finale] OT: Christo's The Gates, NYC Central Park

2005-02-23 Thread Christopher Smith
Hmm, not around here. Generally girls still in high school and younger are mademoiselle, along with any woman you are hitting on, otherwise they are all madame. But your point stands. Christopher On Feb 22, 2005, at 7:59 PM, HERMAN GERSTEN wrote: I was just being polite, Christopher. That's

Re: [Finale] OT: Christo's The Gates, NYC Central Park

2005-02-23 Thread Christopher Smith
On Feb 22, 2005, at 11:24 PM, David W. Fenton wrote: I see no one in this discussion making any attempt whatsoever to dissuade you or Crystal or anyone else from their personal esthetic reactions to art -- all the disputation has been entirely on non- esthetic issues. And some of the non-esthetic

Re: [Finale] OT: Christo's The Gates, NYC Central Park

2005-02-23 Thread Dennis Bathory-Kitsz
At 06:29 AM 2/23/05 -0500, Christopher Smith wrote: Or for that matter, I could even be Crystal. Man, is my wife going to be upset. Or not. :) Dennis ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] OT: Christo's The Gates, NYC Central Park

2005-02-22 Thread John Howell
At 8:04 PM -0500 2/21/05, David W. Fenton wrote: On 21 Feb 2005 at 19:33, Crystal Premo wrote: I'm sorry, but I take offense to being called illogical because you don't agree with my reaction to an artistic display. It's not your esthetic reaction that's being criticized, but your truly

Re: [Finale] OT: Christo's The Gates, NYC Central Park

2005-02-22 Thread Christopher Smith
On Tuesday, February 22, 2005, at 10:00 AM, Johannes Gebauer wrote: I think the Martians would probably be impressed, actually. (By the gates, not by the schools.) I wished I was in New York to be able to see it. When Christo did the Reichstag in Berlin I missed it, and everyone who was there

Re: [Finale] OT: Christo's The Gates, NYC Central Park

2005-02-22 Thread Johannes Gebauer
I may not totally agree, but I don't think I said anything on goverment funding, did I? Actually, fact is that opera without some kind of external funding is simply not possible (at least not Grand Opera of any kind). Whether this should be the government or not is certainly another question,

Re: [Finale] OT: Christo's The Gates, NYC Central Park

2005-02-22 Thread Mariposa Symphony Orchestra
PM Subject: Re: [Finale] OT: Christo's The Gates, NYC Central Park At 03:34 PM 2/22/05 -0500, you wrote:what is the cutoff age for "young" these days?55 years 11 months 9 days. So I'm still young until tomorrow.D___Finale

RE: [Finale] OT: Christo's The Gates, NYC Central Park

2005-02-22 Thread David W. Fenton
On 23 Feb 2005 at 14:10, Keith Helgesen wrote: I really owe Crystal a huge apology! It was my original reference to The Emperors Clothes and *my* perception of the Art as being like traffic diversion banners- to which Crystal gave qualified agreement! . . . Not one person has disputed her

Re: [Finale] OT: Christo's The Gates, NYC Central Park

2005-02-22 Thread Crystal Premo
Sorry. The bar has already been raised to 54. Crystal Premo [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Mariposa Symphony Orchestra [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: finale@shsu.edu To: finale@shsu.edu Subject: Re: [Finale] OT: Christo's The Gates, NYC Central Park Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2005 20:16:04 -0800 Sorry, Dennis

RE: [Finale] OT: Christo's The Gates, NYC Central Park

2005-02-21 Thread Simon Troup
My strongest feeling, though, was that they could have built a couple of schools in New York for the same money and created something of both beauty and lasting value. We have a similar argument in the UK for stopping the funding of all opera. Hurrah! -- Simon Troup Digital Music Art

Re: [Finale] OT: Christo's The Gates, NYC Central Park

2005-02-21 Thread Daniel Wolf
My strongest feeling, though, was that they could have built a couple of schools in New York for the same money and created something of both beauty and lasting value. I believe that there is an error in this line of thinking. There is no the same money. If this privately-funded project did

Subject: Re: [Finale] OT: Christo's The Gates, NYC Central Park

2005-02-21 Thread SteveSTCC
Subject: Re: [Finale] OT: Christo's The Gates, NYC Central Park Thought this site was funny...done in good spirit of course: http://www.smilinggoat.com/crackers.html and another variation for your viewing pleasure: http://www.not-rocket-science.com/gates.htm -Steve S, NYC

Re: [Finale] OT: Christo's The Gates, NYC Central Park

2005-02-21 Thread Crystal Premo
in the Bronx that has no resources at all: no books, no lockers, nothing they need. Crystal Premo [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Daniel Wolf [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: finale@shsu.edu To: finale@shsu.edu Subject: Re: [Finale] OT: Christo's The Gates, NYC Central Park Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2005 17:43:47

Re: [Finale] OT: Christo's The Gates, NYC Central Park

2005-02-21 Thread HERMAN GERSTEN
This is illogical, Crystal. Having art in the park has nothing at all to do with the condition of our schools. We can have both, one or the other or neither. They are NOT interdependent. Using your premise, there ought not to be any space exploration because our health care system is wanting.

Re: [Finale] OT: Christo's The Gates, NYC Central Park

2005-02-21 Thread Crystal Premo
: Christo's The Gates, NYC Central Park Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2005 16:28:51 -0500 This is illogical, Crystal. Having art in the park has nothing at all to do with the condition of our schools. We can have both, one or the other or neither. They are NOT interdependent. Using your premise, there ought

Re: [Finale] OT: Christo's The Gates, NYC Central Park

2005-02-20 Thread Carl Dershem
David W. Fenton wrote: I know this is completely off-topic, not even tangential, but I strolled through Central Park yesterday and took about 100 pictures. Most of them are up at: http://www.dfenton.com/Gates/ This is not the place for a discussion of the artistic esthetics, so if you have

Re: [Finale] OT: Christo's The Gates, NYC Central Park

2005-02-20 Thread laloba2
Nice pictures David..thank you for sharing them! I am a big fan of Cristo and Jeanne-Claude...heard an interview on the radio and they have a great outlook on things in my opinion! Thought this site was funny...done in good spirit of course: http://www.smilinggoat.com/crackers.html -K I know

Re: [Finale] OT: Christo's The Gates, NYC Central Park

2005-02-20 Thread HERMAN GERSTEN
Really very, very nice, David. I was there yesterday in the late afternoon shooting with frozen fingers. But it was worth it. Herman On Feb 20, 2005, at 5:02 PM, David W. Fenton wrote: http://www.dfenton.com/Gates/ ___ Finale mailing list

RE: [Finale] OT: Christo's The Gates, NYC Central Park

2005-02-20 Thread Keith Helgesen
0417-042171 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Carl Dershem Sent: Monday, 21 February 2005 9:18 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; finale@shsu.edu Subject: Re: [Finale] OT: Christo's The Gates, NYC Central Park David W. Fenton wrote: I know

Re: [Finale] OT: Christo's The Gates, NYC Central Park

2005-02-20 Thread David W. Fenton
On 20 Feb 2005 at 19:21, Raymond Horton wrote: Great pictures, David! What did you think of it? Well, I was predisposed to liking it, as I've always liked the Christo concepts (though I've never seen one in person; my favorites are the wrapped island and the fences). However, having seen

RE: [Finale] OT: Christo's The Gates, NYC Central Park

2005-02-20 Thread Crystal Premo
PROTECTED], finale@shsu.edu To: finale@shsu.edu Subject: RE: [Finale] OT: Christo's The Gates, NYC Central Park Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2005 22:30:21 -0500 On 20 Feb 2005 at 19:37, Crystal Premo wrote: I must confess that I used almost the exact words. It didn't uplift me in any way. This kind of art