Re: Talking vs Doing

[P3D Larry Berlin <lberlin@xxxxxxxxx>]

>Date: Wed, 8 Oct 1997
>From: P3D MARK Obusek writes:
>
>Which side of the brain is analytical and which side is the emotional,
>artistic side? .................
>.................................. Bob the photographer visited
>me this evening and I invited him to read the many P3-D lists with me.
>He laughed out loud and told me that he would love to see the work of
>many who posted technical notes on the list
>claiming that " science oriented people more often than not are lousy
>photographers and do all theoretical dreaming and speculation....and
>can't create a good image to save their lives!"
>............................I have always struck a balance
>between art and science in my own life, and I have to agree that my best
>shots were not carefully planned out. Bob admits to the fact that many
>of his peers know alot more than him about photography, but considering
>the accounts this guy has in his portfolio.....he may have a good point.
>Just thought I'd mention that.....................


As with all generalizations and *stereotypes* they have validity to a point.
I can't believe that the brain of every individual is divided in the basic
functions which have been described theoretically. It's primary value is
giving technical discussion some kind of tool for expressing difficult ideas.

I have to agree with him to a large degree as I've noticed how many computer
oriented technical artistic presentations (commercially marketed) lack
artistic merit and are obviously written by persons who are engineers first
and hardly even pretend to be artistic. I've often felt that the engineers
would get better marketing mileage from their technical creations if they
would bring the artists *IN* to use the hi-tech gear instead of *locking
them out* deliberately. 

Larry Berlin

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