Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/07/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I can listen to the William Tell Overture without thinking about Robin Hood, so I must be an intoolektuol! But I have to admit, sometimes I do think about The Lone Ranger when I hear it!!! ;) On Mon, 20 Jul 1998, Alex Brattell wrote: > > > I can understand the argument that "every time a piece of music or art > > is used [commercially]...it cheapens the original," but I disagree. I > > think art is not so fragile, not so easily cheapened as that. And, on > > the contrary, one could as easily conclude that the "misappropriation" > > brings the art, however briefly and with whatever distortion, into the > > awareness of some who otherwise might never experience it. Who knows! > > I can only say that such use never "cheapens the original," or "erodes > > the reputation of the creator," for me. > > > Absolutely!! > I have heard that the definition of an intellectual is someone who can > listen to the William Tell Overture without thinking of Robin Hood. > Bad use of good work can at least spread the word - the quality of the > original will still get through and awake someone's interest in the source. > If we are oversensitive about such aesthetic squalor we'd just fume all day > - there's so much of it about. > And yet, sometimes what gets me going is the thought that people are > actually paid to inflict such terrible ideas on the rest of us (especially > true of car and financial services advertisements) > > Best wishes from the Ivory Tower > > Alex > >