[Leica] Some more 'cutting the edge'

[phamard at numericable.fr (phamard@numericable.fr)]

I guess you're right George.

But aren't we a bit much too analytic these days? LoL

Amiti?s
Phil..x



----Message d'origine----
>De: Lottermoser George <imagist3@mac.com>
>Sujet: Re: [Leica] Some more 'cutting the edge'
>Date: Sat, 8 Dec 2007 13:01:24 -0600
>A: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
>
>In my experience most folks who "make art" (of whatever caliber in  
>whatever medium) do it out of an inner drive. So it begins with the  
>maker (sender) feeling a need to express something in some medium and  
>form. Someone then reads the poem, hears the music, or views the  
>photograph and they experience some feeling (perhaps even repugnant).  
>This forms the basic relationship of the creator and the experiencer  
>of the creation - a fairly pure relationship.
>
>When the viewer feels a need to comment on their experience we enter  
>the world of criticism (whether positive or negative). This begins to  
>muddy the pure relationship of creator and experiencer; and becomes  
>increasingly complex when the "critic" decides to earn a living by  
>their judgments.
>
>When the viewer feels a need to own the creation, or a facsimile of  
>it, we enter the world of commerce; where we then add to the mix  
>"value" and "popularity;" which further muddies the original  
>relationship between creator and experiencer.
>
>When the layers between creator and experiencer increase to merchants  
>(galleries, venues, periodical publishers), historians, museums, and  
>the like - well - things have become a bit muddied. ;~)
>
>I think many of us appreciate the LUG as a fairly pure relationship  
>between folks driven to create still images (for whatever reason) and  
>experiencers of those images.
>
>Regards,
>George Lottermoser
>george@imagist.com
>www.imagist.com
>Picture A Week - www.imagist.com/paw_07
>
>
>
>On Dec 8, 2007, at 12:18 PM, Philippe Orlent wrote:
>
>> For the sender of the receiver? Or for both?
>
>
>_______________________________________________
>Leica Users Group.
>See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information
>

-------------------------------------------------------------
Noos, votre bureau virtuel sur Internet : Mail...
Web : webmail.noos.fr