tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4843157625045099797.post8091074963575265367..comments2024-03-27T23:56:25.286-07:00Comments on Cabinet of Wonders: Credos to Live By (#1)Heather McDougalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09683209580852572301noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4843157625045099797.post-81117025118742730162007-11-23T22:33:00.000-08:002007-11-23T22:33:00.000-08:00Are they cheap art? No, they're kitsch--imitation...Are they cheap art? No, they're kitsch--<I>imitation</I> art. They're the art equivalent of zombies. (Half-rotten ones, at that.)Rob Harrisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13744370123241743193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4843157625045099797.post-43633565521406183952007-11-22T17:34:00.000-08:002007-11-22T17:34:00.000-08:00I walk in the supermarket. Invisible speakers play...I walk in the supermarket. Invisible speakers play bowdlerized beatles. In front of me is a stand of drastically reduced plastic "holiday decorations." I know they are ugly. I keep going. <BR/><BR/>Or, sometimes I stop and look. I pick up a turkey wearing a pilgrim's hat and wonder about the person who sculpted the original mold. Were they pleased with their work? Cynical? The turkey was made by people in China. Some of the workers might hardly notice the flow of plastic turkeys in their workday; some might think they're tacky, ridiculous. Some might find the turkey fun or interesting or auspicious and would like to have one in their homes. Just like the lady browsing the stand next to me.<BR/><BR/>I want to pass over these things, embodiments of a quick buck. But they are the work of someone's hands. Are they cheap art? They made the lady next to me smile. I'm baffled.Jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03035351428671762555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4843157625045099797.post-90165749449724642302007-11-21T18:35:00.000-08:002007-11-21T18:35:00.000-08:00Art fights against war and stupidity! along with y...<I>Art fights against war and stupidity!</I> along with your blog subtitle <I>Bringing the Early Age of Enlightenment to the modern world</I> (oh so bold!) reminds me of the <A HREF="http://www.straightdope.com" REL="nofollow">Straight Dope</A> <I>Fighting ignorance since 1973 (it's taking longer than we thought)</I>.<BR/><BR/>Was that a logical jump?<BR/><BR/>Words to live with...I should nick some Jenny Holzer captions and make something like this.<BR/><BR/><I>Art is like good bread!</I><BR/>Hilarious.Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07557092226753597222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4843157625045099797.post-9699276202680409732007-11-21T14:08:00.000-08:002007-11-21T14:08:00.000-08:00Hurrah indeed!Let's hear it for genre fiction. Fo...Hurrah indeed!<BR/><BR/>Let's hear it for genre fiction. For child art plastering the refrigerator. For every sumptious home-grilled steak. Let's hear it for celebrating the artist in each of us--for not letting all those professionally produced CD's drown out each of us actually singing in our own living rooms. Let's hear it for each of us growing into the human being that God created us to be. Down with the professional snobs telling us that we're not good enough and that our less than professional attempts aren't good for us and everyone around us!Sarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16539133854675715353noreply@blogger.com