http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-seed/i-dont-deconstruct_b_711120.html
I found this highly entertaining. I thought some of you might as well.
I found this highly entertaining. I thought some of you might as well.
It only took the name Huffington Post for me to move on.
Who peed in your porridge?
That's brilliant. I'll have to remember to re-blog that. But it's a sad comment on the state of the arts academy today.
The best phrase I took from the (good) article: "I take the approach that the Dalai Lama suggests, looking for what I have in common with people -- and artists -- before I consider how we might differ in our views. "
I know you weren't referring to post my post above.
Firstly, everyone has an opinion.
Secondly, everyone needs to make a living.
That brings us the the uncomfortable bedfellows known as art and commerce.
Part of the art side consists of artists, schools, teachers and of course serious bullshitters and failed artists.
Part of the commerce side consists of agents, galleries, salespeople, media writers and of course serious bullshitters and failed artists.
Put them all together and you got the clusterfuck that is ART.
Firstly...
Firstly, everyone has an opinion.
Secondly, everyone needs to make a living.
That brings us the uncomfortable bedfellows known as art and commerce.
Part of the art side consists of artists, schools, teachers and of course serious bullshitters and failed artists.
Part of the commerce side consists of agents, galleries, salespeople, media writers and of course serious bullshitters and failed artists.
Put them all together and you've got the clusterfuck that is ART.
I think you're a brilliant person, but if you tell me that art is a mix of artistic expression and commerce, then I'm going to have to have another drink...
Maybe I'm the exception; I don't know. While I like it when others appreciate my work to the point that they shell out hard earned cash for one of my works, selling my work never really enters my mind as I pursue what I love so much to do.
Am I the only one here who makes their living elsewhere, so that we can sustain our passion of being photographers/artists?
I generally agree with your statement, but would like some clarification on the commerce thing.
Am I the only one here who makes their living elsewhere, so that we can sustain our passion of being photographers/artists?
Thanks for the "brilliant" comment but believe me, it is extreme hyperbole.
My comment was not about art but about ART.
What you do is art. ART is the phenomena that happens when the middlemen/women appear on the scene to help in the creation, marketing and distribution of art.
Unfortunately artists are rarely good at commerce, therein lies the vacuum.
No, as you've probably read, I do something else entirely. I'm not an artist. I'm a weekend photographic hacker. But it's that something else that I do that allows me to sustain my hacking, and is a good part of the reason I can continue to pursue it. Half of my hacking is enabled by that something else. And the other half is therapy enabling survival of that something else.
It's a strange symbiosis.
Ken
My comment was not about art but about ART.
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