Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/02/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jim Brick wrote: > > We should all go out and buy "Blue Dog" paintings and be done with it!!! > > I'm thinking of doing a photographic series on "cows udders." Do you think > it's udder nonsense? Maybe I can milk it for all it's worth. > > cowudders.com > > Jim > > dot.com's are big now. > > At 09:49 AM 2/16/00 +0000, B. D. Colen wrote: > >Come, on, Mike....First off, we're discussing art, not higher math, physics, > >etc., which are utterly inaccessible to those who don't study them... > > > >I realize that I'm pontificating on quick sand here, but I do think there's > >a difference between pandering to the "masses," who presumably think those > >Keene paintings of big-eyed kids are high art, and producing art whose > >meaning can be understood by someone who gives it some thought. > > > >Yes, there is art that takes study, just the way higher math - well, in my > >case, lower arithmetic ;-) - takes study. But FAR too often, those who are > >unable to convey their message hide behind the argument that what they have > >produced is "art," and if you can't understand it, dear viewer, the fault is > >yours. > > > >B. D. > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > >[mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Mike > >Johnston > >Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2000 10:15 PM > >To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > >Subject: [Leica] Crap-o-la > > > > > >>>>"Inaccessible" is, in this case, a synonym for "crap."<<< > > > > > >In which case, astrophysics and higher mathematics are crap. Not to > >mention Japanese calligraphy, and Latin. Economics is certainly crap! > >Kant has got to be crap. St. Augustine? Crap-o-la. > > > >Just because 99/100ths of all the photography presented in the world > >panders to the public's conceit of instant and automatic accessibility > >doesn't mean that it all has to be that way. Not everything is easy to > >get. > > > >Keep looking. > > > >--Mike > > > > I would like to cut through all this bull and steak out a claim that this thread lact tasts. Forgive me for the bum steer. John