Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/03/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On 3/12/03 Kit McChesney | acmefoto wrote: >I can't believe you guys would actually deign to create this analogy, and >print it on a piece of virtual paper, for all human beings, regardless of >ability, to read, and not only that, but to be subjected to: It wasn't "you guys" it was me. >Point being, no, a blind person cannot see the result of the image he >creates in the same way that you see it, but at the same time, if you base >the value of an image on the ability of the artist to see it as you see it, >or to see the "result" as well as you see it, then I think you are pretty >darn arrogant. A blind person cannot SEE it at all - that's the point. The image has no existence as far as their own senses are concerned. If I shot picturs and never developed them the photos on the film have almost, but not quite the same nature, since I have the memory of the image in my mind. A blind person has some other complex mapping of sensory images but they don't involve sight or the visual. Heat maybe. Sound. Texture. >I'm surprised at how many people who profess to be able to "see" are >actually quite blind to some of the most fundamental issues about what >constitutes creativity and creative work. Astounding! > On the contrary - it's like a composition comprised of a single rest. It might be creative but it ain't music. AB - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html