The overall design is instant and lasting, good or bad.
mando
On Sep 1, 2009, at 8:27 PM, Michael Brady wrote:
On Sep 1, 2009, at 11:19 PM, Boris Shoshensky wrote:
I agree on "That's terrible", but to say "That's great" is more
complex
process.
Perhaps we see things differently! <g>
I know I do make such snap judgments, and they usually prove to be
durable. But I renew them each time I see the works, and sometimes
a terrible work grows on me and I reevaluate it, and likewise a
great work begins to diminish. What typically happens is that
certain qualities or aspects of the work obscure others, and later
I see the others after I've gotten used to seeing the things that
got in the way. As I'm writing this reply and reviewing my memories
of first encounters, I find that I usually sort them into five groups:
Definitely not good
Probably not good, but I'll keep an open mind
Unremarkable, maybe good, maybe not, but it doesn't do anything for me
Probably good, but I'll have to think about it
Definitely good
Most of the works in the two extremes stay where I put them, and
usually works in the gray, dull middle stay there, too--although I
can recall certain works that seemed uninspired at first and second
looks, but after a while, I bumped them up (almost never down).
Works in the other two categories have proved to be more mobile.
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