I read it with appreciation for the craft of the argument--and the point you were making--while swallowing my avowed desire to see us "move on" from that instrument.
(I haven't thrown away my guitar records, BTW)
Also, re: Paul's comment about "unbearable artistic output from say, oil paints or guitars" I was thinking that, yes, indeed, there's lots of bad work in every category. And special ironic cults devoted to all that bad stuff. Like John Currin doing pallette knife painting a while back.
I think the difference is the bamboozlement factor. It's easier to snow people with tech stuff because no one knows how it works. This makes it more dangerous and in need of discussion. I mean, I know I hate the craquelure filter but I've never actually read anyone say they hate the craquelure filter.
Back when I spent more time at magazine racks than I do now, I used to enjoy comparing specialty mags like American Airbrush (or whatever) and those digital art magazines where they swap notes about how to make realistic flames. It's all bad, but none of these people are talking across the gap between their cult media of choice.
Not sure what my point was, just wanted to mention that and it's slow right now at you-know-where.
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(I haven't thrown away my guitar records, BTW)
Also, re: Paul's comment about "unbearable artistic output from say, oil paints or guitars" I was thinking that, yes, indeed, there's lots of bad work in every category. And special ironic cults devoted to all that bad stuff. Like John Currin doing pallette knife painting a while back.
I think the difference is the bamboozlement factor. It's easier to snow people with tech stuff because no one knows how it works. This makes it more dangerous and in need of discussion. I mean, I know I hate the craquelure filter but I've never actually read anyone say they hate the craquelure filter.
Back when I spent more time at magazine racks than I do now, I used to enjoy comparing specialty mags like American Airbrush (or whatever) and those digital art magazines where they swap notes about how to make realistic flames. It's all bad, but none of these people are talking across the gap between their cult media of choice.
Not sure what my point was, just wanted to mention that and it's slow right now at you-know-where.
- tom moody 4-01-2006 4:23 am