In the search for truth....

[Michael-Patrick <M-P@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Neil Koven wrote:
> 
> >Neil Koven wrote:
> >>
> >> OK, so I took the easy way out and copied a bio I use when I have to give
> >> talks or give out at exhibitions.
> >>
> 
> ..and Michael-Patrick responded...
> 
> Hmmmmmmmm...... is the gauntlet down????
> 
> >>His sensitive photos...<
> >
> >Neil, "sensitive"?, as in easily offended?
> 
> No, not if someone can back up their criticism or alternate opinion.  In
> fact, quite the opposite--I enjoy an exchange of ideas, and especially so
> when all parties are liberal enough to accept new or differing ideas and
> concepts.  And that, obviously, includes me as well.
> 
> >Or, good listeners when you
> >have romantic problems?
> 
> It's by listening well and with a certain amount of empathy that I'm able
> to interpret ideas and concepts.
> 
> >Do they also have a good sense of humor,
> 
> Yes, I have a good sense of humour, and have written--and
> published--several articles that have what I hope is a Dave Barryesque
> approach.  ('course it helps when you're editor of a newsletter)  Also got
> a lot of favourable comments on what I wrote, i.e. that people enjoyed
> them.
> 
> if so
> >and they are male photographs then they are just the kind of "guys" I
> >understand most women want to meet.
> 
> I'm not sure what a "male photograph" is as opposed to a female one.  I
> could be crude here, but I don't want to offend anyone else who may (may?)
> be reading this.
> 
> Yep!  That is EXACTLY the kind of guy most women want to meet.  It works
> better than "Hey Babe, wanna watch the game and suck back a brewski or
> ten?"
> 
> Just kidding Neil, how are they
> >"sensitive"?
> 
> >
> >michael-patrick
> 
> OK, fair enough.  (BTW, that was first said about my work by someone at one
> of my exhibitions--I just kept the phrase)
> 
> As artists, we all see life not as black and white, but as a multitude of
> greys.  There are spins on everything.  And we can interpret what we see
> however we want.  Check out my web site and look at some of my images.
> "The Last Chord", for example.  There's a piece of burned music, some dried
> (ergo dead) flowers in a vase, and even some of them have dropped to the
> charred music sheet.  A recorder sits on it...with no sign of any living
> human.  What story can you conjure up to explain this? It's the last
> chord...it's burned (but not completely...a sign of hope?), implying that
> someone gave up playing the recorder...or making music...for whatever
> reason you wish to bestow upon it.
> 
> Pick any of the images--or any of your own--and look at it and tell a story
> about it.  How would you describe it to a blind person?  How would you
> describe a ballet to a blind person?
> 
> I've always loved art, and I could never find an all-encompassing
> definition of exactly what art is.  But several years ago, I came up with
> this one:
> ART is a portrayal of emotion
> GOOD ART is ART whereby someone else can ascertain that--or even
> another--emotion
> GREAT ART is GOOD ART coupled with the skill of the craftsman
> 
> I welcome your--and everyone's--comments
> 
> ..Think I'll get off my soap box and go suck back a brewski...
> 
> PS, in case it wasn't clear, I took no offense whatsoever at M-P's
> comments, questions, or observations.
> 
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Neil, I am quite certain that you are a sensitive man, and as

but I was questioning this quote from your bio "His sensitive photos are
.." and believe me my tongue was firmly planted in my cheek, I just
thought it fun to play with words I don't have your images to discuss or
know you, and am a socially quite liberal and non-judgemental, though I
would not want Newt Gingridge to move in next door or marry my daughter.
I love to parry (spelling) verbally but I was not trying to be rude. So
I ask my question again how are photographs be sensitive?

In the search for truth

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