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To: Rambi who wrote (80870)	6/6/2000 12:02:00 PM
From: Neocon	Respond to of 108807

Ahhhh....the truth comes out!<VBG>....I understand perfectly your problem with the church, and I have railed (to my wife) often enough against school music programs, although, thank goodness, it has gotten a bit better now that my son is in high school. The problem is precisely that if there is not exposure in the settings of church and school, where will most people get any appreciation at all? I have a lot of Deutschgrammophon and Angel recordings, most people don't. My son gets some exposure, what if someone to whom it could mean even more does not? I actually have no objection to putting a print in the washroom for private enjoyment, and I am not sure that I would care about the throne room if it were purely personal. It is more the idea of making it a part of one's decor for impressing visitors that bothers me........ I dislike a lot of reviewers, by the way, although sometimes they are too snotty, sometimes not snotty enough, as with the Sam Raimi boomlet, the ballyhooing of trash. (Raimi is the director of low budget horror movies, although he has risen since his reputation grew). There are a lot of hazards possible to the working reviewer..... My brother had a girlfriend who loved unicorn paintings. She never knew that they revolted me. (Of course, some would say that makes me dishonest). Why should I trouble her? For one thing, I have too often seen people intimidated into falsifying reactions, and that won't do either. I have seen people give standing ovations to execrable performances of Shakespeare, not because they were enjoyable, but because the people supposed that it was somehow uplifting. On the other hand, why not promote, with due tact, what one values, and, in appropriate settings, fight for it? It might be taken as a compliment that you think the church choir capable of more, or the congregation ready to appreciate something more challenging..........

To: Rambi who wrote (80870)	6/6/2000 12:07:00 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

How does the room in which a picture is hung demonstrate respect or disrespect? I've known a lot of artists. My grandmother was a painter. My mother made stained glass, and worked on her MFA (Master of Fine Arts) when I was in my late teens, finished when I was in my early 20's. I used to visit the homes of art professors. I lived next door to an art professor, and used to go to parties there. I dated, and lived with, a professional photographer. We went to parties at the homes of artists regularly. My best friend's boyfriend was a professional artist. Kerrie, my father's third wife, had a first cousin who owns an art gallery in New Orleans, and we socialized with them. So I can tell you from experience that artists put art everywhere in their houses, bathrooms, bedrooms, kitchens, halls. For artists, art isn't something to respect, it's something to enjoy.