tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-203298546756777009.post1714737828852462940..comments2010-10-18T13:45:43.211-07:00Comments on Viking Art 13: SundayJayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16191458702822162188noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-203298546756777009.post-69175275472837273132010-10-16T16:10:07.676-07:002010-10-16T16:10:07.676-07:00I think it's a bit ridiculous that you're ...I think it's a bit ridiculous that you're implying that the arts and crafts movement, true craftsmanship, IMPRESSIONISM for christ's sake involves no vision or control, and comparing them to housewives messing around with rubber stamps.<br /><br />Do you actually know anything about the Arts and Crafts movement? William Morris for example?<br /><br />I'd argue that true art does require play as well as control. Play alone isn't art, but to lose it would be to lose the spark of freedom and enjoyment that fuels art.comethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13131624469502842499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-203298546756777009.post-25359844240077041522010-08-09T04:32:55.201-07:002010-08-09T04:32:55.201-07:00I do encourage people to play with their crafts. I...I do encourage people to play with their crafts. It allows them a place to freely develop skills they are otherwise afraid or ashamed to practice. By playing loosely in their journals and such, they develop a style of their own so that they are not copying other artists for the rest of their lives. I give the same accordance to stamping as I do photorealistic drawing or painting because I see them the same way. They are all simple mechanics that can easily be trained. ART to me is applied creativity. Take those skills and make something no one has seen before in a style all your own. Just as you can look at the classic masters and distinquish Leonardo, Michelangelo, Reubens, etc., I should be able to look at your work and distinguish it from all others.<br />To quote Robert Genn: So much of the art that many of us like to make is "skilled" (for lack of a better word) art. For most, it's difficult to do. Sure it can be done, but it's difficult to do well. Skilled art may take a few years of private effort, studentship, technique development and maybe even apprenticeship. Shock and awe art takes imagination and courage.Blade21292https://www.blogger.com/profile/14348152353104501012noreply@blogger.com