tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1210759514036256082.post5421215388169630098..comments2024-03-08T00:12:34.350-08:00Comments on Art and Quilts, cogitations thereon: So what IS good art?Elizabeth Bartonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13928615247903165719noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1210759514036256082.post-56691747098005661422008-08-12T22:27:00.000-07:002008-08-12T22:27:00.000-07:00I totally agree with your words about 'good art'. ...I totally agree with your words about 'good art'. For me it is a piece that never fails to delight me with discovering new relationships in line, color, or even interpretation of the subject because something has been left 'open' for my mind to fill in the blank. I think that's the problem with pretty art, that it leaves nothing to the viewer's imagination...it is so....LITERAL. Everything is spelled out in detail right down to each flower petal or roof shingle. For me, that is a 'brain dead' kind of art and why you'll never see a 'Kinkade' in my house....Jillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09499890008603110190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1210759514036256082.post-78291195004632531972008-08-11T12:19:00.000-07:002008-08-11T12:19:00.000-07:00I've been thinking a lot about it because I have b...I've been thinking a lot about it because I have been taking an inventory. There's nothing like looking back on where you've been and what you've done reveal that your motives and actions were not always correct and clearheaded.<BR/><BR/>On one hand I want to clean house and have a pyre in the yard for some of my past work. Then I stop and remind myself that once there was enough juice in a piece to keep me going right on through the signing and the sleeve making. Enough even to prod me to send it out into the world in one form or another. <BR/><BR/>So what's changed? The piece is obviously the same. My eyes haven't undergone any serious deterioration and I haven't attended any credit bearing art appreciation classes.<BR/><BR/>Like most people, life's circumstances have changed for me over time and I find myself impatient with what are now looking like petty concerns. For the moment, for me, making art, good or bad, has taken a back seat on life's trip.Deb Lacativahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03037530669295128974noreply@blogger.com