Comments on: art, wonder, and the lack thereof http://www.duanemoody.com/2007/08/art-wonder-and-the-lack-thereof/ Tue, 07 Oct 2008 12:40:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: duane http://www.duanemoody.com/2007/08/art-wonder-and-the-lack-thereof/#comment-16502 duane Fri, 31 Aug 2007 21:40:41 +0000 http://www.duanemoody.com/2007/08/art-wonder-and-the-lack-thereof/#comment-16502 dave, have you just had a shitty day? I mean jeez... talk about antagonistic! Yes dave, I do believe that there is an element of luck in every good thing that happens to anyone; and those that seem to be able to make tons of money on virtually nothing seem to have a lot more of it than the rest of us. dave, have you just had a shitty day? I mean jeez… talk about antagonistic! Yes dave, I do believe that there is an element of luck in every good thing that happens to anyone; and those that seem to be able to make tons of money on virtually nothing seem to have a lot more of it than the rest of us.

]]> By: dpb http://www.duanemoody.com/2007/08/art-wonder-and-the-lack-thereof/#comment-16501 dpb Fri, 31 Aug 2007 20:51:31 +0000 http://www.duanemoody.com/2007/08/art-wonder-and-the-lack-thereof/#comment-16501 So any time someone does something that "you don't get" and is successful at it, they're just lucky? So any time someone does something that “you don’t get” and is successful at it, they’re just lucky?

]]> By: duane http://www.duanemoody.com/2007/08/art-wonder-and-the-lack-thereof/#comment-16500 duane Fri, 31 Aug 2007 20:50:12 +0000 http://www.duanemoody.com/2007/08/art-wonder-and-the-lack-thereof/#comment-16500 dave, considering that I don't consider him an artist, I see him as a lucky person that was able to swindle people into believing that his creations are art, and subsequently, getting them to pay big bucks for them. Maybe con-artist is a more appropriate title, rather than lucky. Again, just my opinion. dave, considering that I don’t consider him an artist, I see him as a lucky person that was able to swindle people into believing that his creations are art, and subsequently, getting them to pay big bucks for them.

Maybe con-artist is a more appropriate title, rather than lucky. Again, just my opinion.

]]> By: dpb http://www.duanemoody.com/2007/08/art-wonder-and-the-lack-thereof/#comment-16499 dpb Fri, 31 Aug 2007 20:47:57 +0000 http://www.duanemoody.com/2007/08/art-wonder-and-the-lack-thereof/#comment-16499 But artists are lucky? <blockquote>he is just one of those lucky people that produces things, calls them art, and everyone fawns over his “amazingness”</blockquote> But artists are lucky?

he is just one of those lucky people that produces things, calls them art, and everyone fawns over his “amazingness”

]]> By: duane http://www.duanemoody.com/2007/08/art-wonder-and-the-lack-thereof/#comment-16498 duane Fri, 31 Aug 2007 20:46:11 +0000 http://www.duanemoody.com/2007/08/art-wonder-and-the-lack-thereof/#comment-16498 Lori, agreed. I think the reason what I wrote it, was because I just don't get it; I know that art is subjective, so I figure that he is just one of those lucky people that produces things, calls them art, and everyone fawns over his "amazingness". But as you said... I don't have to like it. I think that the fact that I am an anthropologist, and I have seen, and continue to see such amazing art and things come out of every culture, and from the everyday, that it is hard for me to "respect" something like this. Maybe that's just me, but it is what it is, right? dave, being a researcher myself, I would never simplify it to the level of "everything is just dumb luck"; but, also as a researcher, it makes me wonder what made them so interested in, and subsequently discover, the amazing things that we now know. It isn't shortsighted, it is looking at a different, yet complimentary, perspective. Lori, agreed. I think the reason what I wrote it, was because I just don’t get it; I know that art is subjective, so I figure that he is just one of those lucky people that produces things, calls them art, and everyone fawns over his “amazingness”. But as you said… I don’t have to like it. I think that the fact that I am an anthropologist, and I have seen, and continue to see such amazing art and things come out of every culture, and from the everyday, that it is hard for me to “respect” something like this. Maybe that’s just me, but it is what it is, right?

dave, being a researcher myself, I would never simplify it to the level of “everything is just dumb luck”; but, also as a researcher, it makes me wonder what made them so interested in, and subsequently discover, the amazing things that we now know. It isn’t shortsighted, it is looking at a different, yet complimentary, perspective.

]]> By: dpb http://www.duanemoody.com/2007/08/art-wonder-and-the-lack-thereof/#comment-16495 dpb Fri, 31 Aug 2007 19:33:32 +0000 http://www.duanemoody.com/2007/08/art-wonder-and-the-lack-thereof/#comment-16495 I wonder if all the scientists that dedicated their lives to research, testing, and development all consider it nothing more than blind dumb luck? Seems like a pretty shortsighted view if you ask me. I wonder if all the scientists that dedicated their lives to research, testing, and development all consider it nothing more than blind dumb luck? Seems like a pretty shortsighted view if you ask me.

]]> By: mingaling http://www.duanemoody.com/2007/08/art-wonder-and-the-lack-thereof/#comment-16493 mingaling Fri, 31 Aug 2007 19:13:06 +0000 http://www.duanemoody.com/2007/08/art-wonder-and-the-lack-thereof/#comment-16493 of course it's art - if it's innovative and different, even taking applying something different to an everyday object, it is art. DADA anyone? and being an anthropologist, you know that death is fascinating to almost all human cultures. i thought hirst's "freeze" exhibition was amazing, and you know how successful the "bodies" exhibition was. of course, no one says you have to like it ;) of course it’s art - if it’s innovative and different, even taking applying something different to an everyday object, it is art. DADA anyone?

and being an anthropologist, you know that death is fascinating to almost all human cultures. i thought hirst’s “freeze” exhibition was amazing, and you know how successful the “bodies” exhibition was. of course, no one says you have to like it ;)

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