Miller's hatred of art schools, professors, and higher education betrays his deep insecurities probably much else of interest to the psychiatric profession. It never fails to amaze me how much he claims to know about art schools and art curricula while admitting he's never been to art school. Why is that the uneducated are the most strongly opinionated on all subjects? As for my own students and this list, I suppose they might be too smart to join in our antics; in fact, as far as I know, there are fewer than a dozen participants here anyway. Because I have certainly embarrassed myself time and again here, as I probably do right now, I hope my students don't see the list. However, I notice that quite a few of them are my "friends" on Facebook, and indeed some of them are friends, even though it was always my policy to be their teacher and not their friend in the university. Mostly, what pals and overly friendly MFA students want from their teachers is a good lead and recommendation for a teaching job, artworld connections, and gallery representation, etc. For art discussions they enjoy their own peer group and that's always been the case. Let's keep in mind, too, that most of my students are now in their 40s or even 50s, well along in their own careers, and aren't in need of advice from a genuinely old artist who'd probably just remind them to figure things out themselves and is known to have little empathy for dumb folks puttering along the edges of the field. Miller must know that.
________________________________ From: Chris Miller <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, June 30, 2009 10:55:03 AM Subject: We're both glad >Reading Miller reminds me how wonderful it is to be a professor emeritus. (WC) And reading William makes me glad I never entered an American university art program, where students are browbeaten until they retreat into sarcasm and the passive voice. Have you noticed that none of William's former students have ever shown up here to maintain contact and possibly learn something from the master? (though, if any had an interest, a Google search would find him here on the third page) ____________________________________________________________ Free Workers Compensation Legal Information. Click Here. http://thirdpartyoffers.netzero.net/TGL2231/fc/BLSrjnxaDRVIeeNCh8fyi628ZLZ2Jk RB16fiXfPNYGM1320KC8ykPFZkxTS/
