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To: John Pitera who wrote (7662)	3/10/2007 4:33:43 PM
From: nspolar	Respond to of 33421

Are you trying to make some of us ole dogs feel like young guns again? I don't think I would have paid much attention to the art.

To: John Pitera who wrote (7662)	3/10/2007 6:29:03 PM
From: Hawkmoon	Respond to of 33421

She is quite lovely, indeed!! As for the artwork.. I'm probably not the right person to measure the quality of abstract art as I think of it more like wallpaper than art, merely something to brighten/darken a room, but which I'm not going to overpay for.. And I'm certainly not going to pay $16K for something like was painted with a common house painting brush.. It just doesn't mean anything to me.. I'd rather pop acid and gaze at a lava lamp... ;0) No offense to her, or her art, it's just a matter of tastes. Now, show me some good piece of surrealist art similar to Dali or Picasso, or an impressionist like Monet, or Renoir, or Van Gogh, and I can appreciate that. Or hell.. show me some of Bob Ross's 30-minute landscapes, and I can appreciate that because I don't have to be "trippin'" in order to understand what the artist was trying to convey... I can just sit back and glory in the artists ability to convey his thoughts onto the canvass. (I still sit amazed at Bob Ross re-runs as he whips out those "happy little trees" and turns a blank canvass into a magnificent landscape painting in the time I eat lunch.) But I guess it has a lot to do with what I appreciate. For me, the artist is someone who is trying to convey his thoughts and observations upon canvass. Maybe I'm just scared of people who's impressions of the world are abstract beyond my recognition. That I need them to tell me what they were trying to convey, or a title that bears non resemblance to the art. I need to something to focus upon that helps me make sense of what the artist is trying to convey. Because, in the end, it's as much about the artist's perspective and state of mind, as it is about the actual artwork. But if it gets you dinner with her (or the Finnish girl), then forget everything I'm saying.. Just say "how lovely.. how inspirational, how UNIQUE.. What an intriguing use of color and contrast.. How DID you come up with such a strking combination"??.. ;0) Hawk