Comments on: The Fears of Art http://www.kartooner.com/archives/2006/07/27/the-fears-of-art/ Thoughts and observations from a quirky cartoonist and designer. Wed, 20 Aug 2008 11:06:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: kartooner http://www.kartooner.com/archives/2006/07/27/the-fears-of-art/#comment-17271 kartooner Tue, 05 Dec 2006 15:32:17 +0000 http://www.kartooner.com/archives/2006/07/27/the-fears-of-art/#comment-17271 <a href="http://www.kartooner.com/archives/2006/07/27/the-fears-of-art/?theme=kartooner3#comment-16983">james</a>: Precisely, but there have been times when I've muddied a project because of my tinkering with it. james: Precisely, but there have been times when I’ve muddied a project because of my tinkering with it.

]]> By: james http://www.kartooner.com/archives/2006/07/27/the-fears-of-art/#comment-16983 james Tue, 21 Nov 2006 14:18:36 +0000 http://www.kartooner.com/archives/2006/07/27/the-fears-of-art/#comment-16983 "...fix things that might have been perfectly in tune..." is exactly the problem most people have, when to stop. There is an old story that goes like this: A parent it looking at the artwork of a third grade class and is stunned by the beauty of it and asks the teacher, "How did you teach them to draw and paint like this?" The teacher replies, "I didn't, I just know when to take the paper away." But that is the paradox, I am not sure that anything I have done is ever really done, there is always something more that <b><i>can</i></b> be done. “…fix things that might have been perfectly in tune…” is exactly the problem most people have, when to stop. There is an old story that goes like this: A parent it looking at the artwork of a third grade class and is stunned by the beauty of it and asks the teacher, “How did you teach them to draw and paint like this?” The teacher replies, “I didn’t, I just know when to take the paper away.”

But that is the paradox, I am not sure that anything I have done is ever really done, there is always something more that can be done.

]]> By: Mary http://www.kartooner.com/archives/2006/07/27/the-fears-of-art/#comment-16789 Mary Mon, 13 Nov 2006 14:48:40 +0000 http://www.kartooner.com/archives/2006/07/27/the-fears-of-art/#comment-16789 Ignore the bad spelling in that last blog....not enough Starbucks in my system yet! Ignore the bad spelling in that last blog….not enough Starbucks in my system yet!

]]> By: Mary http://www.kartooner.com/archives/2006/07/27/the-fears-of-art/#comment-16788 Mary Mon, 13 Nov 2006 14:47:32 +0000 http://www.kartooner.com/archives/2006/07/27/the-fears-of-art/#comment-16788 I art applies to almost everything in life whether you're an engineer, athelete, doctor or any other profession of choice. Art is what expands the boundries. And no matter what you're learned displine or self-taught, it gives a meaning of depth, it stretches the synapsis whether you are cognitively aware or aren't aware. And as your write up says, it needs to be honed. And the challenge is in seeing it to the end. I also think sometimes think depending on your pathologic way of thinking be it linear or non-linear it poses different ways of accomplishing what you are after. Art, like wine is very subjective. I think it depends on what you are looking to "feel" at that point in time. Some people like tangible, mechanical feeling and others like vibrant or calm. I can't say enough of the positive effects of art and culture on community. I art applies to almost everything in life whether you’re an engineer, athelete, doctor or any other profession of choice. Art is what expands the boundries. And no matter what you’re learned displine or self-taught, it gives a meaning of depth, it stretches the synapsis whether you are cognitively aware or aren’t aware. And as your write up says, it needs to be honed. And the challenge is in seeing it to the end. I also think sometimes think depending on your pathologic way of thinking be it linear or non-linear it poses different ways of accomplishing what you are after. Art, like wine is very subjective. I think it depends on what you are looking to “feel” at that point in time. Some people like tangible, mechanical feeling and others like vibrant or calm. I can’t say enough of the positive effects of art and culture on community.

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