Percy Toms on tue 14 sep 99
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As my first email reached clayart so mangled as to be unreadable, here=92s
trying a second time... please excuse the repetition.
In a message dated 9/12/99 8:23:12 AM, vpitelka=40Dekalb.Net writes:
=3E=3E=3E Art is property for its purchasers. Art is a superior kind of
=3E=3Enonsense for the Artist. Its product is the way an artist has of =
solving
=3E=3Eproblems of light and shadow becoming the illusion of reality.
=3E=3EDon -
=3EHoo boy. What IS this?? Anyone can string together a bunch of esoteric
=3Estream-of-consciousness drivel, but this is profoundly pessimistic. It
=3Eis
=3Esad that you have so little understanding or appreciation of the value
=3Eand
=3Epurpose of art. And yet you put such opinions forth in an international
=3Eforum like Clayart. I wonder why???
=3E- Vince
=3E
=3EVince Pitelka - vpitelka=40DeKalb.net
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=3Camicably...=3E With respect, Vince, Don is entitled to express his view =
of Art
in this forum, just as we all do, idiots and savants alike =3Cg=3E.
You say Don=92s view of Art is =93profoundly pessimistic=94. Even if it is,=
I have
no problem with that.
IMHO, Don=92s view of Art and reality may not be so alien to the =
metaphysically
minded. The =93illusion of reality=94 to which he refers is far from a =
strange or
even pessimistic idea to a Buddhist, for example. Even Don=92s =
characterisation
of Art as =93...a superior kind of nonsense for the Artist=94 doesn=92t =
bother me.
It has humour in it, often (I find) a sign of truth, especially the
subversive sort=21
Life is rich in nonsense, friends=21 Let=92s lighten up here. :-)
Ned
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