"You know you're an art student when..."
you turn up for college after a particularly heavy party
only to discover the college was closed three years ago
My, my, my, my, my, my, oh my, but I quite agree. I am an x-art student and
can say with some authority, art students are useless (with some
exceptions-Devon). I was a lousy student (mostly due to my excessive alcohol
and chemical intake that made actually attending classes quite a bother).
My
Badgergirl
Yes, I guess I flamed a bit there. I probably won't leave the list since I've
been on it for three years and to hear validating input from you was just OK.
The combination of Ken leaving the list due to harrassment from Eric Anderson
and his coterie and the various
Art students have some hope, they're just misdirected idealists.
They'll succeed when they quit being art students and just realize
they were never better artists than they were when they were five and
did the stuff that seemed to make sense in a weird way. Like my first
fluxus artifact, age
Eryk
I recently recounted the first occurance of a mail art nature in my life. I
was in fifth grade at Shady Side Academy in Pittsburg Pennsylvania. My
teacher's name was Mrs. Lively. One day after a party I launched a helium
balloon from the window of a second story room with a note asking
Reed (and anyone else)
Was that flaming? Nah, I don't think so. It was justifiable venting. Very
healthy really, good way to avoid ulcers and other nasty aesthetic blocks.
You're right though, people (Americans in particular)are taught very early
on that pleasure is "bad" and that self
meryl wrote:
You're right though, people (Americans in particular)are taught very early
on that pleasure is "bad" and that self indulgence is always a sign of
weakness. All the flux artists I know of (particularly those most active in
the 50s and 60s) seemed to understand this or faked it
Actually I think Americans think of hedonism as a sign of
strength: look at Our Leader, good ol' Bill--
Do What Thou Wilt--sounds great in theory, but in practise can
prove to put it at its most absolutely milquetoast mildest--"a bummer,
man"
Back in the good
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