From: Valence (valence10@hotmail.com)
Date: Thu Jul 17 2003 - 00:39:50 BST
Hey Johnny, Erin, Platt and all,
J
> But most of the people here who "like the MoQ" seem to like contrarians
and
> breaking from static patterns. To me, contrarians are people who put the
> wrong color in the painting, or the wrong dialog in a play.
R
"Wrong" dialogue? "Wrong" color? I thought you were all about
"expectations" Johnny. Don't you mean that the contrarian artist is the one
who puts the "unexpected" color in the painting? Or the "unexpected"
dialogue in a play?
J
To harmonize or
> be beautiful, something has to be there for it to harmonize with - static
> patterns.
R
Agreed. Sometimes art is better when it conforms to our expectations (ie.
"that dialogue sounded so real, that's just how I'd expect real people to
talk"). On the other hand, we usually walk away disappointed when an
artistic creation completely conforms to our expectations (ie. "that movie
was so predictable, there wasn't one twist I didn't expect". It's about a
balance of static and dynamic elements, a harmony of the expected and the
unexpected.
take care
rick
The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious - the
fundamental emotion which stands at the cradle of true art and true
science. - Albert Einstein
MOQ.ORG - http://www.moq.org
Mail Archives:
Aug '98 - Oct '02 - http://alt.venus.co.uk/hypermail/moq_discuss/
Nov '02 Onward - http://www.venus.co.uk/hypermail/moq_discuss/summary.html
MD Queries - horse@darkstar.uk.net
To unsubscribe from moq_discuss follow the instructions at:
http://www.moq.org/md/subscribe.html
This archive was generated by hypermail 2.1.5 : Thu Jul 17 2003 - 00:48:36 BST