On Jan 23, 2008 6:29 AM, Rishab Aiyer Ghosh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Mon, 2008-01-14 at 13:25 +0530, Charles Haynes wrote: > > How much innovation is happening in dance and music? Is it like > > western classical music where there are rigorous requirements on how > > to do it "right" with years of practice required to get to the point > > where you are "expressing yourself" rather than "doing it wrong?" I've > > the notion that innovation in art (as opposed to technology) is > necessarily a good thing and a reflection of creativity is a peculiarly > western one,
How familiar are you with innovation in Chinese, Japanese, or Korean art? I find your claim that valuing innovation is a western value curious given what I know about other non-western art forms. Further, I do see vibrant innovation in other areas of Indian art - bhangra for example - just not in Indian visual arts, and I'm curious about any theories why, or being educated as to how it's there but I'm not aware of it. -- Charles
