Category: Art Theory
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Cheat sheet
I’m sure George Steiner would be mad at me for this, but I’m ruthlessly ripping the last page of his wonderful book, Tolstoy or Dostoevsky, and placing it here for you to see. Steiner lays out the irreconcilable differences between these two greatest of novelists (he does it side-by-side, I’ve broken it out for easy…
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Just because
(Click to view larger.) I think sometimes we put too much emphasis on the use of things. Sometimes a thing is worth something just by virtue of the pleasure it gives. Why study poetry, or art, or music? Not because it will earn money or has some deep purpose — because it’s beautiful.
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Not so sure
Finally had the chance to watch Exit Through the Gift Shop. Great movie, but had the curious effect of making me somewhat leery of success in the art world. (Not that I’m saying I really had to worry about that; just in theory, you understand.) I’d rather delight, uplift, entertain, interest than shock, provoke, offend…
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Was I on the right track?
I was going back over old work, and rediscovered this statement I made elsewhere: Sequential art is the single most effective artistic means for communicating a redemptive message to the postmodern world. I’d love to know what you think! That was posted a little over two years ago, and I’m not even sure I agree…