This is like so apropos. :)
On Mon, Apr 9, 2012 at 10:15 AM, Walt Gilbert <[email protected]> wrote: > > How can you people still be talking about this? > > There's a crime scene on the dance floor, for Pete's sake! > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=ljbZKQIUZvM > <http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=ljbZKQIUZvM> > > -- Walt > > > On 4/9/2012 9:01 AM, [email protected] wrote: >> >> Maybe what he says applies to commodities, but not to art. >> >> Wait! >> >> Kinkade produced commodities. >> >> Hmmm... >> >> Cheers, >> frank >> >> "What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof." -- >> Christopher Hitchens >> >> --- Original Message --- >> >> From: George Sinos<[email protected]> >> Sent: April 9, 2012 4/9/12 >> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List"<[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: OT: Thomas Kinkade, Dead >> >> And - here's Seth Godin's blog - >> >> >> <http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2012/04/is-everyone-entitled-to-their-opinion.html> >> >> Feels like it connects with this thread. >> >> gs >> >> George Sinos >> -------------------- >> [email protected] >> www.georgesphotos.net >> plus.georgesinos.com >> >> >> >> On Sun, Apr 8, 2012 at 5:02 PM, Paul Stenquist<[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> >>> On Apr 8, 2012, at 5:42 PM, John Francis wrote: >>> >>>> On Sat, Apr 07, 2012 at 03:44:34PM -0500, Christine Aguila wrote: >>>>> >>>>> I don't even blame Kinkade for his own self-promotion. >>>> >>>> I have absolutely no problems with his self-promotion, nor with his >>>> ability to sell vast quantities of his product. My objection is to >>>> the pretence that he is providing the artistic equivalent of fine >>>> dining rather than fast food. >>>> >>> Of course if his work wasn't positioned as a "fine dining" equivalent, >>> it wouldn't sell. The pretense is an essential part of the product. While >>> his happy little scenes aren't my idea of art, they obviously fit that >>> definition for some. That's opinion to which his buyers are entitled. Beauty >>> and message are subjective, and the art market isn't subject to censor by >>> the taste police. >>> Paul >>>> >>>> -- >>>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>>> follow the directions. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> [email protected] >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>> follow the directions. > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- -bmw -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
