this is not a black and white issue... in a way, we're both right... For
some prodigy types, their natural mode of expression is art... for most
others, they have to work really hard to get their expression to be
art. Most people's expression is not art, and I include britney spears in
that category as well.....
At 09:27 AM 5/15/2001, Myroslaw Bytz wrote:
quoted 16 lines no. see that's exactly the problem. who's to say that signed artists are>no. see that's exactly the problem. who's to say that signed artists are
>better in expressing themselves than "the rest of us?" just because a
>garbageman gets paid for it and we don't get paid for expressing our
>sanitary skills, does that automatically mean he is better than the rest of
>us are, or just that he has chosen that job? the same goes for artists. i
>honestly think i could easily make much of the postmodern "yellow square on
>canvas" fad paintings that are up now in art museums, but why would i waste
>my time doing that when i have other things i need to get out, especially
>given what i'd have to go through making the yellow square on canvas seem
>like "art." compromise is what it's about. you either do or you don't. if
>you're smart in this day and age, compromise can mean lots of money and
>fame, but once you do that, give up hope for expressing yourself cleanly and
>simply from that point on. also give up the illusion that you are an
>artist.
>
>vzaem
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