Re: [microsound] Serious Artist?

[David Powers <cyborgk@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 9/14/06, xe non <xenone23@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> enough technical proficiency and dazzle and people start to take hacks for something a bit more than that... stuff churned out by rote gets mistaken for innovation and artistry elsewhere is neglected and languishes...

Hasn't this always been the case? I can think of plenty classical
music (Tchaikowsky) that for me falls into this category.

But this is more a matter of how perceptive and demanding the audience
is. If I never saw a painting by Picasso, or any cubist painting, even
a poor knock off would probably seem pretty amazing. Unfrotunately,
there's no way to get rid of the role that context plays, when making
artistic judgements.

But I stand by my point, that in the present day and age, just being
passionate about one's work and having the courage to keep making art
is quite difficult, so we should be glad that some people take it
rather "seriously", even if sometimes they don't laugh enough...

~David

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