From: -Peter (pcorteen@gmail.com)
Date: Tue Sep 06 2005 - 21:34:10 BST
Hello Platt,
so you know what you like; no! you only know AFTER you like (or dislike).
Furthermore, your worm might find a nice spot and then be trodden on later.
I think I like to smoke cigars but they are no good for me in the long run.
I agree with you when you say about chosen subjects that 'no one can say one
is right and the other wrong',
but let's not confuse sophisticated forms of self-calming with the great
thing about art.
-Peter
On 9/6/05, Platt Holden <pholden@sc.rr.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Marsha,
>
> You illustrate the great thing about art -- creating it as you like.
> Although we paint different things for different reasons, no one can say
> one is right and the other wrong. We are absolutely free through art to
> follow our bliss.
>
> IMO, the MOQ can be summed up in five words -- I know what I like. That's
> the engine of evolution because every creature right down to the lowly
> worm knows what it likes. Even a germ knows when "It's better here."
>
> That you like to express freedom is simply wonderful. And I agree with
> your metaphor about needing to paint. Thanks for sharing.
>
> Platt
>
>
> > Hi Platt,
> >
> > I prefer to paint people experiencing freedom. I have two paintings
> > presently in-process. One is of a little girl, about six years-old,
> > running down the street. The larger amount of space is behind her which
> > suggests she's running away from something. To help facilitate the
> > suggestion there is a black wrought-iron railing in the background. She
> > has a delighted expression, like her escape is giving her the time of
> her
> > life.
> >
> > The other painting is of a barefooted woman in a gown standing on a
> swing
> > hung from a tree. She will also have a delighted expression. I don't
> want
> > to paint angst. I'm tired of angst. What moves me is freedom and joy.
> >
> > I do not know what 'art for art's sake' means. I paint because I must,
> or
> > I will die. It sounds silly, but I know it to be metaphorically true.
> >
> > Marsha
>
> > At 11:30 AM 9/5/2005 -0400, Platt wrote:
> > >I paint landscapes like those of the impressionists because they appeal
> to
> > >my individual aesthetic sensibility although the portraits of artists
> like
> > >Sargent, Rembrandt, Valesquez and Vermeer profoundly affect me. I've
> never
> > >been moved by any abstract art with two exceptions -- the sculpture
> > >entitled "Bird in Space" by Brancusi and the mobiles by Calder. (IMO
> > >Picasso laughed all the way to the bank.) As for "art for art's sake,"
> > >IMO art has one purpose and one purpose only, expressed best by Walter
> > >Pater:
> > >
> > >"For art comes to you proposing frankly
> > >To give you nothing but the highest quality
> > >To your moments as they pass,
> > >And simply for those moments sake."
> > >
> > >Which explains why people all over the world flock to museums.
> > >
> > >How would you answer your questions?
> > >
> > >Best,
> > >Platt
>
>
>
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