[Leica] Grasshopper weathervane

[wildlightphoto at earthlink.net (Doug Herr)]

George Lottermoser wrote:

>>>
>Larry Zeitlin via LUG wrote:
>
> "For the last 50 years I have had a grasshopper weathervane fastened to 
> the chimney of my house. It is a beautifully crafted sculpture of hammered 
> copper made by the descendants of the very craftsmen who made the similar 
> weathervane that adorns Faneuil Hall in Boston. If polished and exhibited 
> as art it would be accepted by almost any art show but as a weathervane it 
> has a function. It is not considered art but craft."
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Larry+Z/Weathervane+and+detail.jpg.html
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>
>We often find ourselves caught up in duality thinking.
>A thing is either this or that.
>Black or white.
>Good or bad.
>Art or craft.
>
>While most experiences fall somewhere
>on a continuum between the extremes.
>
>Both and rather than either or.
>
>An object can exist as both an art and a craft;
>when it possess qualities attributed to both labels.
>
>In the end
>it matters little what we call the shit we make.
>
>Does it have value?
>to the creator?
>to anyone else?
>
>Will it be tossed in the garbage by our kids or grandkids?
>Will it be conserved by a conservator?
>Exhibited in a museum?
>Collected by a collector?
>
>Labelers hang labels on things.
>Sellers hang price tags on things.
>Buyers determine the value of things.

People are welcome to call my photographs anything they want as long as I 
get paid.

Doug Herr
Birdman of Sacramento
http://www.wildlightphoto.com
http://doug-herr.fineartamerica.com