Re: Bad Moods

In Reply to: Re: Bad Moods posted by rob howard on 06/07/00 at 7:02 AM:

(You got me: I guess Rodney King isn't the greatest spokesman.) As it happens, I never took art in high school myself. I had signed up for it, but when on the second day the teacher announced that we would be going outside to collect leaves to iron between slips of waxed paper, I got out of there quick.

I'm still inclined to take a more romantic view of the artist than as simply a practitioner of a "trade." The artist has a calling not only to seek mastery of his/her chosen medium but to create a unique expression which evolves (is discovered) through his/her practice. It's a little different from going into plumbing. Although, I agree totally that there are many who turn naively to art thinking it's going to be the solution to their poor ability to think and solve problems, or to their midlife crises. Worse, these people enhance the general misperception that there is this peculiar "creative" or "artistic" personality characterized by extreme emotionalism, unreliability and other annoying personal qualities.
Re: Bad Moods rob howard   Posted at: 06/07/00 (1)

 
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