No offense taken. We're all friends here, and adults. Well, except for one or two people I won't name. <g>
--Mike > Mike, > > I'm, sorry, but I don't know anything about your education that wasn't > admitted here. If you go back > a couple of generations in this thread you will find that Marnie stated > that he had never heard > of the rule of thirds or the Golden Mean, or Section as it is often > referred to. Marnie even went > as far as to say the they never covered either of these "rules" in the > courses that had to do with > "doing" art, and they weren't in any drawing books. In my experience both > these statements are wrong. If I remember correctly, and I went back and > checked, you agreed with him, and said that "rules" of composition were > dismissed with contempt. I don't know how you can "do" art unless you > understand something about composition, if the entire coverage on the > subject you received in the course of > getting an education resulting in an BFA, boils down to "there are no > rules" you were cheated. > I draw my conclusions from that. > > I've seen your photography and read your writing, you're obviously good at > what you do, it's not you or for that matter Marnie I have an issue > with. Yes, I did split an initiative there, I just, sometimes, perhaps > of'times ignore them. > > At 03:12 PM 12/31/2002 -0600, you wrote: >>> That wasn't your point, your point was that you had never heard of it or >>> were told about it or were taught it. Apparently art schools are teaching >>> a trade, they teach you how to paint and clean brushes how to weld, how to >>> stretch canvas, how to develop film and print, they don't show you what >>> others have done in the past and how they accomplished it, which is just as >>> important or more so. >> >> Peter, >> On behalf of all art school graduates present and not, I resent this. How do >> you know anything about the quality of my art school education? Did you >> attend yourself? Have you studied art school curricula or observed classes? >> Are you up on current didactic methodologies and educational strategies? >> >> And would you care to match your knowledge of "what others have done in the >> past" in the field of photography against mine? I have a nice little >> photography quiz I've developed for hotshots like you, so be careful how you >> answer this. >> >> I'll warrant that I was prepared as well for my field as well as you were >> prepared for yours. There is a lot that can be criticized in education in >> every field, and certain fields, like art, lend themselves less well to >> formal education than certain others. But that's no excuse to dismiss the >> whole endeavor and insult those who undertook it. >> >> Of course, in your next paragraph, you also dismiss most of the art of the >> past century, so I guess I see where you're coming from. <g> >> >> --Mike > > Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. > Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read. --Groucho Marx
