Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/04/10

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Subject: [Leica] OT: Josh Bell, subway busker
From: images at comporium.net (Tina Manley)
Date: Tue Apr 10 08:21:51 2007
References: <1be504db0704090857ub7f9737hca44f8a3c1fc2e06@mail.gmail.com> <7.0.1.0.2.20070409124154.02511658@comporium.net> <013701FD-76D5-4095-A0E8-058CA479D91A@cox.net> <6.2.1.2.2.20070410110519.022efe80@pop.med.cornell.edu>
 
At 11:14 AM 4/10/2007, you wrote:
>One might easily say that art is invisible because of its 
>context.  To say it is the other way around is to give all the 
>credit for art to the institutions and presentations.

And I think that is the point of the experiment - in today's world, 
that's too true.

>  Like if there were no publishers there couldn't be great 
> writers.  I believe those with a modicum of empirical knowledge 
> about music or art and a kernel of original thinking would have 
> recognized the hoax.  Sadly, this is all too rare in our declining 
> 1st world nation.

Exactly!

Tina

Tina Manley, ASMP, NPPA
http://www.tinamanley.com
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