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that art vs craft vs art thing, again

updated mon 30 sep 96

 

Jonathan Kaplan on wed 18 sep 96

Now don't get all bent out of shape here, no lengthy espousing of my
thoughts here. I'm only going to add a small quote from someone else, that
put this on the list the last time this thread came up, and for me, it
summed this whole thing up very nicely:

"If you can piss on it, its art. If you can piss in it, its craft"

Jonathan





Jonathan Kaplan
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"Arrive on time, tell the truth, be a good listener, and don't
be too attatched to the results. Above all, maintain a sense of
humor!"

Darrol F. Shillingburg on thu 19 sep 96

<<"If you can piss on it, its art. If you can piss in it, its craft"

Jonathan>>


Stream of consciousness scatalogical,
Gender biased, crude and illogical.

With fluid summations so ill directed,
A thorough flamming should be expected.

By those who straddle the great divide,
holding thoughtful council on either side.


Phil,Po,Pa,Po

T.J. Evens on fri 20 sep 96

jonathon,
you'll probably receive a few flames for that quote from those who
take themselves a little too seriously. i, for one, have committed that
little ditty to memory; it does describe the situation admirably.

cheers,
t.j. evens

>----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>Now don't get all bent out of shape here, no lengthy espousing of my
>thoughts here. I'm only going to add a small quote from someone else, that
>put this on the list the last time this thread came up, and for me, it
>summed this whole thing up very nicely:
>
>"If you can piss on it, its art. If you can piss in it, its craft"
>
>Jonathan
>
>
>
>
>
>Jonathan Kaplan
>http://www.craftweb.com/org/jkaplan/cdg.shtml
>
>
>(aka "Scooter)
>jonathan@csn.net
>Ceramic Design Group Ltd./Production Services Voice:
>970-879-9139 POB 775112
>FAXmodem: same
>Steamboat Springs, Colorado 80477, USA CALL before faxing
>
>
>
> "Arrive on time, tell the truth, be a good listener, and don't
> be too attatched to the results. Above all, maintain a sense of
> humor!"

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T.J. Evens
Department of Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology
University of California
Santa Barbara, CA 93106
(805) 893-4319
evens@lifesci.ucsb.edu

"there is no art without facts,
and no science without fancy."
-nabokov
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Don Sanami on sat 21 sep 96

Scooter,Scooter, gets my vote. To wheel,to wheel and slab! don
sanami/morrill