I didn’t intent it to be specialist. It’s one of the most overused and misused terms in recent history. A fact that he seems to have understood along with the words.He means you used a specialist term - belonging to some branch of study - without explaining what it means. It's a bit like name-dropping, but academically more acceptable (at least on the surface).
Absolutely not.No - that's an assessment of a valuation of the arts.
There is no value judgment in “high and low arts”.
I think that's porn, not art."I don't know what art is, but that's definitely not art and this definitely is art".
I think that's porn, not art.
Isn’t this what we talked about?I didn't say value judgement. I said an assessment of a valuation of the arts. That would be a splitting of various arts into categories and then ordering that according to value. Not that it matters. Almost everyone considers art to be mystical. The late enlightenment concept of the sublime is just about the only aesthetic postulate that everyone accepts (although they're seemingly not aware of it), resulting in people saying "I don't know what art is, but that's definitely not art and this definitely is art".
Off the rails‽ Because what? We are discussing the subject. Maybe not in a super direct way, but that is quickly done, and uninteresting after the first few subjective cynical observations.You guys need to go and take some photos. This has gone totally off the rails.
And the subject is?Off the rails‽ Because what? We are discussing the subject. Maybe not in a super direct way, but that is quickly done, and uninteresting after the first few subjective cynical observations.
Why are you here?And the subject is?
That's pretty deep. 42?Why are you here?
The genius of Douglas Adams was putting into a great story/parable that the question itself is more often than not poorly thought out and ultimately nonsensical.That's pretty deep. 42?
Everything is mystical in some sense.
And the subject is?
Well there is clearly some patterns and some known mechanisms in art.I was actually saying nothing is mystical.
The subject is why the most artistically respected photographs tend to be black and white. I said it was because photography became accepted, and attained its highest level of respect, as an art form before colour was a viable choice. Then I was asked when it ever became respectable and have been told it never was an art form and that there is a hierarchy of arts. Seems to me that it didn't stray from the topic.
I'm old enough to remember when people asked, "I wonder what's on radio?" Sirius XM Satellite Radio has one station that plays some of the old radio programs, many that were incorporated into TV programs later like Gunsmoke, Ozzie and Harriet, The Lone Ranger, Have Gun Will Travel, Perry Mason, The Adventures of Superman, Dragnet, etc.A child once quipped, “What was it like when everything was black and white?” referring to the early days of TV broadcasting.
BILL!I am not sure how this fits the thread. But when it comes to self-doubt about the worth of your photos... Send some out. It will make you feel better.
Porn is art that makes money.
In a way art is the ultimate Dunning-Kruger test.
not sure about that but people are entitled to their own opinions
compare photography with music
Two thumbs up!I sent three photos out to an online friend. He knows me through my comedy music connections and one of the photos included Weird Al. But he liked “Pedestrian’s Foot” and “Fern and Clover”. So I sent him one of those and I had a few “Red Cone” and I sent him that.
It made me feel good that someone might put something of mine on his walls. I don’t have enough walls here for my own stuff.
What really made me feel good was that he picked pictures of mine that I like.
I am not sure how this fits the thread. But when it comes to self-doubt about the worth of your photos... Send some out. It will make you feel better.
Well, black and white "artistic" nude photos are porn that doesn't make money. Nothing makes you more of an artist as a photographer than taking pictures of naked girls - that's a well-known fact.
Another can of worms!!!!
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