Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/03/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]- --- Adam Bridge wrote: > Well there are some seriously distorted statements > here. > > First, of course, Beethoven wasn't deaf from birth. > He composed a substantial > amount of his work when he could hear. Many > criticisms of his later work involve > his inability to handle dynamic range, esp in the > 9th Symphony. He did much > better in his small work. > > Music, of course, is fundamentally abstract. > > I'm going to make a distinction between "blind" and > "visually impaired". There > are many legally blind who can still make out > light/darkness. I was taking > "blind" to mean those who cannot see or distinguish > any measure of light and > darkness at all and perhaps those who never could. > > BD has it right, I think. If you have never seen > light, never perceived value, > color, visual texture, then working with a > photograph is potentially a curiosity > but I'm not sure it qualifies as anything other than > performance art. > > If I hear "politically correct" again in this > context I'll barf. Screw it. Just > let the blind person be the judge of the work, > critique it, and improve it based > upon critiques of the blind. > > I think it's no different than having me attempt > elegant mathematics. I KNOW I > no appreciation for it and no ability and no insight > into it. I'm "blind" to it. > It's just a fact of life. Art is SUBJECTIVE, Adam, and attempts to create absolutes to judge the artist, his/her creative process, or the finished work will fail. Patrick > Adam Bridge > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Web Hosting - establish your business online http://webhosting.yahoo.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html