Every time I hear about intent I remember this piece of "Genius of Photography" and the NY police crime scene shots. There was no intent of making art, but this can be considered art nonetheless. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-I8KljdoZM0
On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 12:17 PM, P. J. Alling <webstertwenty...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 5/12/2010 10:09 AM, P N Stenquist wrote: >> >> On May 12, 2010, at 9:19 AM, William Robb wrote: >> >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "paul stenquist" >>> Subject: Re: Chicago >>> >>> >>> >>>>> >>>> Invoking an emotional response is artistry in its highest form. >>> >>> When Tom and I were driving to the hotel on Thursday, a station wagon >>> being driven in an erratic and dangerous manner invoked a fairly extreme >>> emotional response from both of us. >>> I hadn't thought of bad driving as being an art form before this >>> moment..... >>> >> >> Well, it can be. > > I think this is as good a place for my comment in this discussion. For it > to actually be Art there has to be _describable_ intent on the part of the > /Artist/. That usually, but doesn't always, requires a certain level of > craftsmanship. So I guess intentional bad driving is Art, while > unintentional bad driving isn't. Extrapolate to the rest of the universe at > your peril. > >> >> >>> William Robb >>> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> PDML@pdml.net >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>> follow the directions. >> >> > > > -- > {\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0\deflang1033{\fonttbl{\f0\fnil\fcharset0 > Courier New;}} > \viewkind4\uc1\pard\f0\fs20 I've just upgraded to Thunderbird 3.0 and the > interface subtly weird.\par > } > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- http://www.flickr.com/photos/ferand/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
