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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-16-07 09:01 AM Original message |
Poll question: Are American art and literature dead? |
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msongs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-16-07 09:06 AM Response to Original message |
1. art is fine - the average american only wants instant gratification nt |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-16-07 11:21 AM Response to Reply #1 |
75. Americans aren't taught to hold out for a more fulfilling gratification. |
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Cobalt Violet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-16-07 09:09 AM Response to Original message |
2. I can name many. I blame the ignorant, not the art. |
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SteppingRazor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-16-07 09:09 AM Response to Original message |
3. Question: Why must literature be immediately tied to poetry? |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-16-07 09:17 AM Response to Reply #3 |
7. Mainly because I wanted to filter out |
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AnotherGreenWorld (958 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-16-07 09:24 AM Response to Reply #7 |
15. What about "pop poets"? I'm sure a lot of Americans think they know quite a few poets-- |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-16-07 09:53 AM Response to Reply #15 |
30. Don't forget Jewel |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-16-07 01:05 PM Response to Reply #30 |
90. Funny, most of the ones I know think it's exactly that. (nt) |
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AnotherGreenWorld (958 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-16-07 09:10 AM Response to Original message |
4. I can name one contemporary painter and one contemporary poet |
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Raskolnik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-16-07 09:22 AM Response to Reply #4 |
13. Amercian music not very good!? |
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AnotherGreenWorld (958 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-16-07 09:27 AM Response to Reply #13 |
17. Not good in comparison to Russia, Germany, or France at least with respect to classical music. |
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Raskolnik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-16-07 09:37 AM Response to Reply #17 |
24. Music is much more than just classical, however. |
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Terran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-16-07 04:30 PM Response to Reply #17 |
116. "Classical" is an entirely relative term |
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AnotherGreenWorld (958 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-16-07 05:14 PM Response to Reply #116 |
119. How does defining, for no reason, the term classical music equate to |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-16-07 08:48 PM Response to Reply #119 |
121. And Russia never produced a Hendrix. So what? |
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AnotherGreenWorld (958 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-17-07 10:21 AM Response to Reply #121 |
123. Hendrex, however much you like him, is not on the level of a Stravinsky. |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-17-07 12:25 PM Response to Reply #123 |
126. I'm rather curious as to how you define levels and qualities. (nt) |
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Terran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-17-07 02:59 PM Response to Reply #119 |
127. I'm just saying that |
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AnotherGreenWorld (958 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 05:02 PM Response to Reply #127 |
128. Comparing Gerswhin and Copeland to Stravinsky is like |
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Sanctified (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-16-07 09:12 AM Response to Original message |
5. I am not really a big Art or Poetry fan so I cannot name anyone critics might admire. |
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MikeE (637 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-16-07 09:15 AM Response to Original message |
6. What about composers? |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-16-07 09:18 AM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Good points |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-16-07 09:19 AM Response to Reply #9 |
12. Eric Whitacre - sublime |
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Wednesdays (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-16-07 10:34 AM Response to Reply #9 |
48. Qualify that to exclude composers like John Williams |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-16-07 10:54 AM Response to Reply #48 |
62. LOL. Shall we exclude Mendhelson and Wagner from the pantheon |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-16-07 10:58 AM Response to Reply #62 |
66. Shhh! You're giving away secrets! |
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glowing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-16-07 10:01 AM Response to Reply #6 |
37. Well, and artistic point of view is often abstract and objective... It creates |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-16-07 09:18 AM Response to Original message |
8. I'm sure the colored in copies |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-16-07 09:19 AM Response to Reply #8 |
11. Are you implying something? nt |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-16-07 09:30 AM Response to Reply #11 |
19. I didn't mean you |
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librechik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-16-07 09:19 AM Response to Original message |
10. What happened to American Art? 9/11. |
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cgrindley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-16-07 09:43 AM Response to Reply #10 |
26. nonsense, 9/11 and the war have been great for art |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-16-07 10:33 AM Response to Reply #26 |
47. I blame global warming more than fleas and Papists, myself. |
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cgrindley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-16-07 10:38 AM Response to Reply #47 |
53. Naw... I gotta stick with chaos and death |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-16-07 10:43 AM Response to Reply #53 |
56. But what about all the Elizabethan poets? That was a fairly |
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cgrindley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-16-07 11:09 AM Response to Reply #56 |
69. The Elizabethan age was violent and horrible |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-16-07 11:14 AM Response to Reply #69 |
73. The Elizabethan age wasn't violent and horrible for the English. |
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cgrindley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-16-07 11:24 AM Response to Reply #73 |
76. Of course it was |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-16-07 11:40 AM Response to Reply #76 |
80. I was speaking precisely of the Elizabethan poets, not the mess |
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cgrindley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-16-07 02:27 PM Response to Reply #80 |
100. But the poets and dramatists led short miserable lives |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-16-07 02:31 PM Response to Reply #100 |
105. The last time I saw Greenblatt, he was pitching subjectivity |
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cgrindley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-16-07 02:37 PM Response to Reply #105 |
107. He's really reinvented himself lately, and three cheers for that |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-16-07 02:39 PM Response to Reply #107 |
108. He had to reinvent himself because he was wrong. |
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cgrindley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-16-07 02:44 PM Response to Reply #108 |
110. Well, everyone secretly knew that |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-16-07 02:50 PM Response to Reply #110 |
111. I caught him on some show and emailed my mentor. |
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Wednesdays (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-16-07 10:40 AM Response to Reply #26 |
55. Art thrives on chaos and death? |
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cgrindley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-16-07 11:10 AM Response to Reply #55 |
72. Impressionism is hardly great art (nt) |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-16-07 12:05 PM Response to Reply #55 |
84. The is a relationship between aggression and art, even sadism |
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RainDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-16-07 04:31 PM Response to Reply #55 |
117. impressionism in its time WAS chaotic and threatening. |
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librechik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-16-07 11:30 AM Response to Reply #26 |
78. you're right about that--I'm still just traumatized, I guess |
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cgrindley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-16-07 01:58 PM Response to Reply #78 |
93. You answered your own question with that one |
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Forrest Greene (946 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-16-07 12:35 PM Response to Reply #26 |
86. Saw That There |
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cgrindley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-16-07 02:28 PM Response to Reply #86 |
102. Some like it, others hate it |
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marions ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-16-07 10:06 AM Response to Reply #10 |
40. good point I agree that |
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stirlingsliver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-16-07 09:23 AM Response to Original message |
14. Several Poets |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-16-07 09:26 AM Response to Original message |
16. I don't think you could get consensus in this age on a poet or artist in order to have |
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Annces (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-16-07 09:27 AM Response to Original message |
18. Maybe America's ego |
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mopinko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-16-07 09:37 AM Response to Reply #18 |
25. polluck was half dead before he ever sold a painting |
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Monk06 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 06:56 PM Response to Reply #18 |
129. Another Morandi fan !!!!! n/t |
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cgrindley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-16-07 09:31 AM Response to Original message |
20. Example sucks... Eliot wasn't American in 1950 nor did he live here... |
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stirlingsliver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-16-07 09:35 AM Response to Reply #20 |
22. What About The "Artist" Who Does Those Lovely Photos? |
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cgrindley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-16-07 09:50 AM Response to Reply #22 |
29. ahhhh... the immortal William Wegman |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-16-07 10:21 AM Response to Reply #22 |
43. If Thomas Kinkade doesn't count... |
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cgrindley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-16-07 10:28 AM Response to Reply #43 |
46. Next time you're in a Barnes and Noble |
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marions ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-16-07 09:33 AM Response to Original message |
21. what kind of art or writing |
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Colorado Progressive (980 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-16-07 09:36 AM Response to Original message |
23. fine art original sales have virtually stopped since the shrub |
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cgrindley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-16-07 09:55 AM Response to Reply #23 |
32. That's utter codswollop |
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marions ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-16-07 10:35 AM Response to Reply #32 |
51. Blue chip visual artists do well in a nervous economy...true |
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cgrindley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-16-07 10:48 AM Response to Reply #51 |
58. Yeah but the next tier down always complains, indeed they do little else... |
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marions ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-16-07 02:14 PM Response to Reply #58 |
95. In this society |
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cgrindley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-16-07 02:18 PM Response to Reply #95 |
97. But it's always been that way |
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Colorado Progressive (980 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-16-07 02:29 PM Response to Reply #97 |
104. but selling more than one piece a year would be nice too! |
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cgrindley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-16-07 02:40 PM Response to Reply #104 |
109. Yeah, but you know... |
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marions ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-16-07 03:20 PM Response to Reply #97 |
113. somehow |
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Colorado Progressive (980 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-16-07 02:28 PM Response to Reply #95 |
103. right. |
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marions ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-16-07 04:17 PM Response to Reply #103 |
114. I can see |
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Wednesdays (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-16-07 10:48 AM Response to Reply #32 |
59. "Art likes war" isn't necessarily true |
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cgrindley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-16-07 11:16 AM Response to Reply #59 |
74. Yes, art loves war |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-16-07 09:44 AM Response to Original message |
27. Well there's no *market* for it. Americans are illiterate and stupid. |
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cgrindley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-16-07 10:02 AM Response to Reply #27 |
39. Wrong wrong wrong... the market for both are better than ever |
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AnotherGreenWorld (958 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-16-07 10:08 AM Response to Reply #39 |
41. But the market for serious literature is very small, and getting smaller. |
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cgrindley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-16-07 10:19 AM Response to Reply #41 |
42. That's not true either |
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AnotherGreenWorld (958 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-16-07 10:24 AM Response to Reply #42 |
44. I'm talking about serious literature. Tom Clancy, JK Rowling, Steven King, etc. do not count. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-16-07 10:27 AM Response to Reply #44 |
45. King's critical essays are brilliant and they count. |
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cgrindley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-16-07 10:35 AM Response to Reply #45 |
50. I wouldn't go that far |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-16-07 10:52 AM Response to Reply #50 |
61. Good scholarship is eccentric -- another way to say, original. |
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cgrindley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-16-07 10:34 AM Response to Reply #44 |
49. So am I |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-16-07 10:59 AM Response to Reply #39 |
67. Yah - it's practically all crap - matching the mentalities of its consumers.... |
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SutaUvaca (472 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-16-07 09:49 AM Response to Original message |
28. Okay, I'll play. |
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porphyrian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-16-07 09:54 AM Response to Original message |
31. Why do you blame art rather than the media? |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-16-07 09:57 AM Response to Reply #31 |
35. I've looked--and not been inspired. |
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porphyrian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-16-07 10:01 AM Response to Reply #35 |
36. So this is really just about your personal preference in art... |
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DU GrovelBot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-16-07 09:55 AM Response to Original message |
33. ## PLEASE DONATE TO DEMOCRATIC UNDERGROUND! ## |
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Jim__ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-16-07 09:56 AM Response to Original message |
34. "... I blame the art itself for not drawing our attention." |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-16-07 12:49 PM Response to Reply #34 |
89. Good chunks of those are themselves art |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-16-07 10:02 AM Response to Original message |
38. Rap = mass market poetry; this is a great era for poetry |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-16-07 12:39 PM Response to Reply #38 |
87. Good point |
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AnotherGreenWorld (958 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-16-07 01:50 PM Response to Reply #38 |
92. "KRS-1 for example, is a pretty damned good poet."--not really. |
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fishnfla (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-16-07 10:38 AM Response to Original message |
52. I think you answered your own question |
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blogslut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-16-07 10:39 AM Response to Original message |
54. Art is never dead |
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fishnfla (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-16-07 10:54 AM Response to Reply #54 |
63. Right on, art and culture only change with time |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-16-07 10:46 AM Response to Original message |
57. I cannot name either a poet or an artist - |
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SmokingJacket (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-16-07 10:48 AM Response to Original message |
60. Of course not! It's just overshadowed by pop entertainment. |
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maxsolomon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-16-07 10:58 AM Response to Original message |
64. i reject the premise of this poll. |
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marions ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-16-07 11:31 AM Response to Reply #64 |
79. true but |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-16-07 10:58 AM Response to Original message |
65. Reports of the death of art and literature are greatly exaggerated |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-16-07 11:10 AM Response to Reply #65 |
70. Given that overall publishing quantity has drastically increased... |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-16-07 11:10 AM Response to Reply #65 |
71. If you think about it, the poor poet has been the butt of jokes |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-16-07 11:06 AM Response to Original message |
68. Can I name one? |
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RandomKoolzip (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-16-07 11:29 AM Response to Original message |
77. "I don't mean your friend down the street who paints in her garage..." |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-16-07 02:17 PM Response to Reply #77 |
96. . . . |
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kineneb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-16-07 09:24 PM Response to Reply #77 |
122. I paint |
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nealmhughes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-16-07 11:48 AM Response to Original message |
81. Evan Oberholster and Adrienne Lee. Gavin Bryers. Jane Smiley. |
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kwyjibo (612 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-16-07 11:54 AM Response to Original message |
82. and please don't say Thomas Kinkade |
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marions ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-16-07 01:31 PM Response to Reply #82 |
91. Tim Biskup fan here |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-16-07 11:58 AM Response to Original message |
83. My experience is really different. There's so much art in this town |
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Forrest Greene (946 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-16-07 12:32 PM Response to Original message |
85. While Blaming The Art Is Ok |
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Bennyboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-16-07 12:43 PM Response to Original message |
88. BURNING MAN! |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-16-07 02:10 PM Response to Reply #88 |
94. Right you are! |
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tkmorris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-16-07 02:21 PM Response to Original message |
98. American art and literature are NOT dead |
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zanne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-16-07 02:21 PM Response to Original message |
99. Because real art doesn't sell. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-16-07 02:27 PM Response to Reply #99 |
101. This is a glass half full / empty argument. |
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cgrindley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-16-07 02:33 PM Response to Reply #99 |
106. It's a business like any other |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-16-07 02:58 PM Response to Original message |
112. wow i can name way more than one |
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RainDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-16-07 04:21 PM Response to Original message |
115. yes, but you're missing what is NOW regarded as exploring different art forms. |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-16-07 04:44 PM Response to Original message |
118. I can think of quite a few poets but no painters |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-16-07 05:18 PM Response to Original message |
120. I don't think its the art. I think it is the fashionability of willful ignorance and willfull ...... |
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rosesaylavee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-17-07 11:18 AM Response to Original message |
124. Artists are seldom if ever supported by the government |
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125. "Is our children learning?" :George W. B*sh |
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