[AGL] WJ says...bah humbug and

[Connie Clark]

Wayne Johnson <cadaobh at SHENTEL.NET> wrote:          Pffaahh.
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  Bubba! great to hear (even venom) from you.
   
  I've wondered also about our tech age artists - how, these days picking up a charcoal pencil, or paint brush to do art is downright archaeic; heck, nobody evens uses a pen and pencil to write a letter or note anymore, to the extent, I heard recently grammer school kids are shirking cursive altogether in favor of keyboarding and text messaging...and don't even mention hand drawing professional engineering or architectural plans these days - talk about old style. Drawn animation? Nunhuh.  Hi tech art is where it is all going -- moving way out of Bauhaus (hell that was the 40s wasn't it?)
   
  Yes, and wondering also how it must be expensive for these photographers to travel to the Arctic for instance to get their shots - but they may not be rich kids, but rather willing to sleep on someone's couch for 6 months to save the money to buy camera equipment and travel.  Part of the passion of youth and art as I recall.
   
  Well, I just go to my job everyday, live in a tangle of time, traffic, tv and fast food culture, so something like this exhibit comes along and I'm fascinated to know that there is such a thing as mulberry paper, or Neneks or to see photos of photos with beans. 'What will they do next' is my quest and I must confess a quiet, uncluttered art exhibit space is such an appealing environment to spend time. Don't worry about mass audiences here - most Bush type people don't care for works of 'art' if it isn't something that they could see hanging on the wall in their suburban mcmansions. 
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  One might as well settle back for an evening with Ed Wood and be done with it.
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  Good suggestion, but actually, I've done that already. Thanks anyway.
   
  Regards to you friend, Rev, hope you are feeling cheerier today
  Connie
   


			
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