PESO - Cherry Blossom Exuberance

[frank theriault]

On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 5:57 PM, Bob W <pdml at web-options.com> wrote:
>
>> > Basically.  But with an artistic look
>> (painting/pastel/charcoal/stencil)
>> > rather than  photographic or illustration look.
>>
>> Oh dear.
>>
>> I don't want to go down that road...
>>
>> ;-)
>>
>> cheers,
>> frank
>>
>
> Go on, Frank! It's one small step for a man...

It seems to me that Marnie may be confusing media with product - or at
least she's confusing ~me~.  Photography, paint, charcoal and stencils
are merely media that may or may not produce art.  Taking photography
and doing something with it that makes it look like another media
doesn't make the original photograph any less "art".  Nor does
effecting those changes necessarily make the new thing "more arty"
than the original.  Different, yes.  More "arty"?  Not necessarily.

OTOH, since the faux change in media is certainly part of Marnie's
expression, the change is art, so perhaps her term "to artify" is
okay.  I guess what bothers me is the implication that the original
product is not art, or that it's "less" art than the finished product.

Or maybe I'm just being too picky.

That's all.

cheers,
frank


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