When I was a kid I started experimenting with oil paintsI painted a truly wonderful canvas with a shadowed alien figure inside a house, gazing at a small table where a knife and fork were being suspended by a beam of light, coming through the window and eventually sourced at a small ship in the distance. I loved that picture but everyone who saw it commented that the perspective was all wrong on the beam of light and there was no way it could be what was suspending the cutlery. I don't know how many times I had to patiently watch the light dawning in people's eyes when I questioned what made them think it was supposed to just because they had been raised on a trashy movie diet of hollywood cliches, and they were looking at a child's painting.
I mean, I totally did fuck it up, but I still think I had a valid point.
No refunds on time.
(I mean, I totally did fuck it up, but I still think I had a valid point.
No refunds on time.
Jessie © needs pirate name suggestions,
Sat 1 Mar 2008, 13:01,
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People can be stupid like that.My most hated question when I have someone looking at some of my photographic work is "So, what are you trying to say with this?"
To paraphrase Dieter Meier, my answer is "If I could tell you with words what I want to convey, I would be stupid spending time and energy in doing this work."
(To paraphrase Dieter Meier, my answer is "If I could tell you with words what I want to convey, I would be stupid spending time and energy in doing this work."
Dixipoos Bye Bye Blackbird,
Sat 1 Mar 2008, 13:11,
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As I say often.If I start making pictures based upon other people's conception of art and to suit other people, I'll probably stop making pictures.
All I have to say is "This is what it is, you may choose to see more in it and you may choose to judge it by what you know but it might not make you right. I made it for me".
I'm not fond of critics. I think you should look at a picture and be able to decide if you like it or not. It should end there.
(All I have to say is "This is what it is, you may choose to see more in it and you may choose to judge it by what you know but it might not make you right. I made it for me".
I'm not fond of critics. I think you should look at a picture and be able to decide if you like it or not. It should end there.
Pasanonic 's been known to cause insanity in laboratory mice,
Sat 1 Mar 2008, 13:17,
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