Not likely, but if it did?
Marie
Brett Lane Robertson wrote:
>
> What happened to me is this Brett. I have been working on my colored
> pencil art and my glass work recently (though not as much time as I
> would like). Until you said what you said here, I thought of art as
> representation or non-representation. What you gave me is the idea that
> I need to work on my art to convey my belief system. My neurons thank
> you!
>
> Marie
>
> Marie,
>
> I used to style myself an artist (still do sometimes). I went through a
> period when I wanted something to "convey my belief system." It is a worthy
> endeavor. But, in the end I think that what seems entirely personal today
> will be very common and mundane tomorrow. That is, like handwriting, people
> will look at it and note the "style", make some brief comment on it--like,
> it's neat, or readable, or concise--and look for content...this
> "representational" quality you speak of. In short, I got tired of being
> "artistic" and think--now--that the craftsmanship, or the quality of the
> piece, matters much more than the expression of a certain style or belief.
> In fact, sometimes I'd like to repress my "style"...my art has a signature
> quality to it and I notice it as a flaw (the heads are always slightly
> smaller on the right side of the picture, the hair is always too full, there
> is a decided slant to the left in the overall composition, the lines are
> loose, etc.).
>
> Anyway, I don't want to convey the idea that it is extremely important that
> other's understand me, if I can capture a truth and convey it. It is just
> frustrating when someone wants to know how I came up with something...it is
> an expression of who I am in ways that can't be conveyed in the same sense
> that saying "I read it somewhere" might express.
>
> Brett
>
> Returning,
> rBERTS%n
> http://www.tctc.com/~unameit/makepage.htm
>
> Show respect for age. Drink good Scotch for a change.
>