I’m starting to feel time irritatingly breathing down my neck. Haven’t you even heard of personal space? Back away 30 centimetres, buster! At least! I’m still deciding if you’re a friend or if I just don’t dislike you.
Deadlines can be a fairly stimulating factor, but not when it comes to setting deadlines for the creative process. Today’s world has gone nuts – how do you expect anybody to create a masterpiece when the shadow of the deadline is constantly hovering over them, blocking out the sunlight which might reveal a truly incredible story or the indescribable beauty of another Mona Lisa or Girl With A Pearl Earring? It’s simply preposterous, I tell you!
Tick…tick…tick…
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Do today people even know a masterpiece when they see one? Does anyone really appreciate quality nowadays?
I certainly hope so. There are still some who can see past mere appearance and recognize true beauty. I haven’t lost my faith. Art has survived through the centuries and will survive still.
no. some pieces of that whole called “art” have survived … and, yes, some will survive …
well, taste (the thing you measure art with), is something acquired … an eskimo won’t be speechless looking at Mona Lisa … but if people don’t acquire taste (because they’re too busy making money), what is a masterpiece?
I do agree with you on this one – the taste for fine things is an acquired one. You learn how to appreciate good music, good paintings, good movies (good food even). Now, you may not necessarily find them fitting enough with your character or life style to have them around you all the time, but you can certainly acknowledge their value.
so you disagree on the other one?
well, one of my arguments would be for example Vul’indlela (this is the correct spelling) … which survived because of Brenda Fassie who sang this version of it … in the digital age. this one survived and will survive … but how many other pieces of “not-so-popular” art are already forgotten? art is much more than Mona Lisa, Girl With A Pearl Earring, The Persistence of Memory, Eine kleine Nachtmusik, Luceafarul and so on …
… and with the constant pressure of deadlines (as you rightfully observed), what we call “art” isn’t getting any “bigger” … nor “healthier”.
ps: i absolutely love that song and listen often to it … but none the people around me seem to get it (or, at least, feel it) …
Well…I was actually referring to your view in regards to art, not to that single comment, while excluding the previous one for this same post…
pps: only question is, should i have included Oomph! – Menschsein into what we call “art”? … because, as i see it, either answer (yes or no) proves my statement about survival of art.