I didn't say good work would rise up, I said something would rise up. ;-) It was a very deliberate choice of words.
On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 9:28 AM, Bruce Walker <[email protected]> wrote: > Good work arising from the melee is not at all certain. > > An opinion expressed in the film PressPausePlay is that we may be > entering a new Dark Ages culturally. The thought is that one result of > the democratized, uncurated morass of creative output we have today is > that it would be unlikely for a Bach or Da Vinci to be noticed today, > buried anonymously somewhere on the web. > > It's never been more affordable or simpler to create a film, music, > visual art; and everyone feels he or she's an artist. Sadly, not > everyone has talent. > > Like it or not, art is an elitist endeavour. > > PressPausePlay is 1 hour 20 mins, but is a good view. > > https://vimeo.com/34608191 > > > On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 9:06 AM, Steven Desjardins <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> The internet is this nearly universal gallery for images. It's so >> much easier to get you pictures out there and somebody's work is bound >> to arise from the melee. The trick will increasingly be to stay >> relevant as an artist; bloggers/critics may dominate more. After all, >> lots of folks have a few good shots in them. We could be heading into >> an age of many great images and few stars. >> >> On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 9:01 AM, Jostein Øksne <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Roberts" >> > <[email protected]> >> > >> >> I think Ken's right. The new artists get their reputations and make >> >> their names by breaking the conventions and defying the definitions of >> >> the "known" artists. Then the "new" artists become "known" artists and >> >> the next generation comes along and starts the cycle again. >> > >> > >> > That argument is biting its own tail, since no artist has a known name >> > before they make themselves a reputation. :-) >> > >> > The rate at which new names become established these days continue to >> > amaze >> > me. Maybe I'm just getting old. >> > >> > Jostein >> > >> > >> > >> > -- >> > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> > [email protected] >> > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> > follow the directions. >> >> >> >> -- >> Steve Desjardins >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > > > > -- > -bmw > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
