Thank You, Ian, for picking up my craft vs. art thread and elevating
it to a deeper level of understanding. I wholeheartedly agree with
everything you said.
I think the other main component of "art" is that it must communicate
something (a feeling, an ambience, if you will) to someone else. Michelangelo
would not have been a great artist had he only drawn pictures in the
steam on the bathroom mirror. I think the guy who invented "TILEX"
is a great craftsman (have you seen the way that shit dissolves
mildew?), but just because everyone buys his product doesn't mean
he's an artist.
I guess my point was that the good artist *transcends* craft. Dizzy
Gillespie played the hell out of a bent horn (I had the chance to see
him a year before his death, so I can attest to that...zoweeee).
Thanks for putting what I wanted to say so succinctly. And I
agree...let's drop the DJ vs Musician thread. I've only been on this
list a month and I'm most certainly tired of it.
Cheers,
Mike
Michael Faulkner--------pyramus@wavenet.com
Actor, Musician, Theatre Co. founder, Mac whiz, and all around good guy.
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