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To: Thomas C. White who wrote (80819)	6/5/2000 3:20:00 PM
From: epicure	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

I don't think Geddes is really kitsch. Her photographs are amazingly high quality, and imaginative, and - dare I say it- artistic. Even the merchandise is good quality. She is more like the Besse Pease Gutman or Kate Greenaway of our generation- these women were fantastic artists, and even though their work was popular- it was innovative enough (imo) not to be kitsch.

To: Thomas C. White who wrote (80819)	6/5/2000 3:26:00 PM
From: Neocon	Respond to of 108807

I am not sure how high the kitsch, in the Geddes instance, but I take your general point. Kitsch that proclaims itself generally falls into the category of camp, and if not, into the category of "collectibles", things with a nostalgia value that far exceeds their design value, like Flintstones lunch boxes........

To: Thomas C. White who wrote (80819)	6/5/2000 3:41:00 PM
From: Neocon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

My wife and I had a friend who taught piano, in one of the more rural areas in the greater Annapolis area. She invited us to a recital for her students, and we went. It was excruciating. Although they managed to pretty much play the right notes and keep the rhythm, they had no sense of phrasing or dynamics, they were devoid of musicality, and it was all I could do to last out the afternoon and be pleasant about the whole thing. My son is in the concert chorus in high school, and in the fall they invited an alumna back to do a coloratura solo on a Spanish piece, the name of which escapes me. She was perfect, syncopated, modulated, dramatic, matching the piece nuance for nuance. On another occasion, in the winter, she came back to do a solo turn for a Vivaldi Gloria, and was vastly inferior, though still talented, having not rehearsed the piece as much, or realized every element. Artists are sensitive to the various elements that can affect a piece, and treat with them with care........

To: Thomas C. White who wrote (80819)	6/5/2000 6:47:00 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

I wonder what's wrong with hanging a reproduction of a Monet in the bathroom? One of the water lily paintings would do very well, I think, in a bathroom large enough for a decent sized tub, or a Jacuzzi. But you shouldn't hang original art in a bathroom, the humidity will ruin it.