I’m not going to take your bait. You know full well that you are making a false comparison and, I think, you should be ashamed of yourself for doing it. As artists, and by this I mean you and I, we both are well aware that nothing is either that simple or that complicated. To post a picture of a well known piece of art and ask a question like that arises simply from a desire to taunt. If you’re going to act like a child, whatever the reasons you may believe you have for doing it, you should expect only scorn in return. Classical sculpture and Abstract Expressionism are ages, if not worlds, apart in practice and intention. I believe you ‘got’ what I was trying to say in my post and are just so damned pissed off with the female sex that you can’t see straight. Put your head back on. Eve
@evelyntremble - Failure and freedom are not false comparisons; and even exact imitations are impressionistic.
I don’t understand your usage of taunt but I understand challenge. It doesn’t matter what the medium is. Even the subject of realism changes.
“The trouble with a classicist he looks at a tree That’s all he sees, he paints a tree The trouble with a classicist he looks at the sky He doesn’t ask why, he just paints a sky
The trouble with an impressionist, he looks at a log And he doesn’t know who he is, standing, staring, at this log And surrealist memories are too amorphous and proud While those downtown macho painters are just alcoholic
The trouble with impressionist is X4
The trouble with personalities, they’re too wrapped up in style It’s too personal, they’re in love with their own guile They’re like illegal aliens trying to make a buck They’re driving gypsy cabs but they’re thinking like a truck
The trouble with personalities is X4
I like the druggy downtown kids who spray paint walls and trains I like their lack of training, their primitive technique I think sometimes it hurts you when you stay too long in school I think sometimes it hurts you when you’re afraid to be called a fool
It’s all relative: so it depends on how you define success or failure. Freedom is Free Will; you make up your own rules. My issue with women are only with those that succumb to men and allow men to rule.
I want ‘Aurora … crimson gates thrown wide. From rose petaled walls, stars took flight…from marshalled order set blazintommyd, who left … his station last’
Hir whom finishes last is first forever ~~~~~
oXo ♥ ♥
I choose freedom. But it’s hard to come by in this world. Failure is always there, but I could get over it and learn anyhow.
@SignificanceOfTheMightyClit - It’s relative … it depends on how either is defined. In some ways failure may seem ‘easier’ than freedom but then we have to live with it. Critics say that Milton failed in his role as a Republican and therefore Sympathized with the Idea of Lucifer which led him to write “Paradise Lost”. Is that failure?
I think failure is best defined in the pursuit of happiness – realized by that in which you attempt to accomplish.
This is why the goal is unimportant, the magic and joy is in getting there so it’s very important in choosing something you like to do and then doing it for yourself. It’s like Quentin Crisp always said, after a certain time what you have chosen to do, becomes your style.
So in that sense, you make your own rules and your own standard to Judge yourself by and thus live your own life rather than someone elses
That’s what freedom is.
You choose something, practice and you’ll eventually “get what you need” (Jagger/Richards)
I remember meeting Allen Ginsberg in the late 70s, he was standing by a table at a arts festival talking with people. I didn’t know who he was. There was no way to distinguish him from anyone else in the crowd; but then he sat down and started writing Haikus and selling them for $2.00
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oXo ♥ ♥
Nams dropping and cribbing lyrics aren’t impressive. If you’ve got something to say, then say it and don’t use other people’s words to make YOUR point. Over and over and over … you use other people’s ideas to make YOUR point. Very pretentious. At least, Ginzberg had the good grace to write haikus … short and to the point. Maybe you should’ve bought one. Eve
The Point is fear of failure – you have to know what you want to achieve and then just do it. As long as you try the best you can that’s all that matters; but there is a threshold … “balls” is what carries you over … not 80s technocrap
You have to make it happen and have enough confidence in yourself to just do it. Ginsberg was a poet so he could write Haikus on the spot for $2.00 a pop that’s the point
BTW – You Tube has a fair amount of Sonny Boy Williamson video clips, he used the cheapest and simplest melodic instrument next to a kazoo to put across a song to keep you interested, pass the time and entertain you … that was him aim … but why should I have to cover his songs to demonstrate to you what he already did?
Or blame Cecchetti for quoting Blasis – I’ll paraphrase – ‘in order to properly execute a step, you first have to admit that you don’t know how to do that’ …
I understand that, do you? ~~~~~
oXo ♥ ♥
You simply can’t say a simple thing … simply. Sonny Boy Williamson didn’t drop names in his songs. However, it appears you can’t write a short paragraph without dropping a name or two. What is so hard about using your own thoughts and leaving the thoughts of others ALONE? I don’t need you to rewrite one of his songs in order for you to get your point across. You insult my intelligence when you say you can’t do that without dropping his name. Just stop it. Very frankly, it is bad writing. Eve
@evelyntremble - I was going to post this for you, if it doesn’t post and seeing that you apparently saw the Violet Orchid – I’ll do it as a new blog. Your point is well taken I apologize.
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I’m not going to take your bait. You know full well that you are making a false comparison and, I think, you should be ashamed of yourself for doing it. As artists, and by this I mean you and I, we both are well aware that nothing is either that simple or that complicated. To post a picture of a well known piece of art and ask a question like that arises simply from a desire to taunt. If you’re going to act like a child, whatever the reasons you may believe you have for doing it, you should expect only scorn in return. Classical sculpture and Abstract Expressionism are ages, if not worlds, apart in practice and intention. I believe you ‘got’ what I was trying to say in my post and are just so damned pissed off with the female sex that you can’t see straight. Put your head back on. Eve
@evelyntremble - Failure and freedom are not false comparisons; and even exact imitations are impressionistic.
I don’t understand your usage of taunt but I understand challenge.
It doesn’t matter what the medium is. Even the subject of realism changes.
“The trouble with a classicist he looks at a tree
That’s all he sees, he paints a tree
The trouble with a classicist he looks at the sky
He doesn’t ask why, he just paints a sky
The trouble with an impressionist, he looks at a log
And he doesn’t know who he is, standing, staring, at this log
And surrealist memories are too amorphous and proud
While those downtown macho painters are just alcoholic
The trouble with impressionist is X4
The trouble with personalities, they’re too wrapped up in style
It’s too personal, they’re in love with their own guile
They’re like illegal aliens trying to make a buck
They’re driving gypsy cabs but they’re thinking like a truck
The trouble with personalities is X4
I like the druggy downtown kids who spray paint walls and trains
I like their lack of training, their primitive technique
I think sometimes it hurts you when you stay too long in school
I think sometimes it hurts you when you’re afraid to be called a fool
The trouble with classicists is X4″
– Lou Reed the “Trouble with Classicists” — Songs for Drella
It’s all relative: so it depends on how you define success or failure. Freedom is Free Will; you make up your own rules. My issue with women are only with those that succumb to men and allow men to rule.
I want ‘Aurora … crimson gates thrown wide. From rose petaled walls, stars took flight…from marshalled order set blazintommyd, who left … his station last’
Hir whom finishes last is first forever
~~~~~
oXo
♥ ♥
I choose freedom. But it’s hard to come by in this world. Failure is always there, but I could get over it and learn anyhow.
@SignificanceOfTheMightyClit - It’s relative … it depends on how either is defined. In some ways failure may seem ‘easier’ than freedom but then we have to live with it. Critics say that Milton failed in his role as a Republican and therefore Sympathized with the Idea of Lucifer which led him to write “Paradise Lost”. Is that failure?
I think failure is best defined in the pursuit of happiness – realized by that in which you attempt to accomplish.
This is why the goal is unimportant, the magic and joy is in getting there so it’s very important in choosing something you like to do and then doing it for yourself. It’s like Quentin Crisp always said, after a certain time what you have chosen to do, becomes your style.
So in that sense, you make your own rules and your own standard to Judge yourself by and thus live your own life rather than someone elses
That’s what freedom is.
You choose something, practice and you’ll eventually “get what you need” (Jagger/Richards)
I remember meeting Allen Ginsberg in the late 70s, he was standing by a table at a arts festival talking with people. I didn’t know who he was. There was no way to distinguish him from anyone else in the crowd; but then he sat down and started writing Haikus and selling them for $2.00
~~~~~
oXo
♥ ♥
Nams dropping and cribbing lyrics aren’t impressive. If you’ve got something to say, then say it and don’t use other people’s words to make YOUR point. Over and over and over … you use other people’s ideas to make YOUR point. Very pretentious. At least, Ginzberg had the good grace to write haikus … short and to the point. Maybe you should’ve bought one. Eve
The Point is fear of failure – you have to know what you want to achieve and then just do it. As long as you try the best you can that’s all that matters; but there is a threshold … “balls” is what carries you over … not 80s technocrap
You have to make it happen and have enough confidence in yourself to just do it. Ginsberg was a poet so he could write Haikus on the spot for $2.00 a pop that’s the point
BTW – You Tube has a fair amount of Sonny Boy Williamson video clips, he used the cheapest and simplest melodic instrument next to a kazoo to put across a song to keep you interested, pass the time and entertain you … that was him aim … but why should I have to cover his songs to demonstrate to you what he already did?
Or blame Cecchetti for quoting Blasis – I’ll paraphrase – ‘in order to properly execute a step, you first have to admit that you don’t know how to do that’ …
I understand that, do you?
~~~~~
oXo
♥ ♥
You simply can’t say a simple thing … simply. Sonny Boy Williamson didn’t drop names in his songs. However, it appears you can’t write a short paragraph without dropping a name or two. What is so hard about using your own thoughts and leaving the thoughts of others ALONE? I don’t need you to rewrite one of his songs in order for you to get your point across. You insult my intelligence when you say you can’t do that without dropping his name. Just stop it. Very frankly, it is bad writing. Eve
@evelyntremble - I was going to post this for you, if it doesn’t post and seeing that you apparently saw the Violet Orchid – I’ll do it as a new blog. Your point is well taken I apologize.
In my Younger Days
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oXo
♥♥