[78-L] Subject: Everyone Their Own Picasso ^, (was Marsalis makes the

[Margaret Still]

>>>I've always thought the way people 'box up' art into a limited thing was
bizarre. 
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Further, is an adult artist prohibited from working with themes/motifs/ideas
which children have interest in or also work in? Is art still governed by
the laws of outside 'legislators' at this late point in human history?

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Gene
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I don't post often, but read this list, and just had to comment on this
discussion. I drew all the time as a child, and went on to get a
professional studio art degree. What Picasso does is very much what a child
does. For instance, a child might draw eyes frontally on a 3/4 or profile
head, and Picasso might do the same, for the same reasons. The child and
Picasso are representing "eye-ness" or the experience of looking at eyes,
drawn in a direct and joyful manner. Rendering in perspective can give an
illusion of an object sitting in space, but art isn't received from the
eyeball alone. A difference between Picasso and the child is that Picasso
can render in perspective, and when it suits his purpose, he renders
exquisitely. The child can't do that as well. A funny story about Picasso in
his late years is that he used to visit art classes with batty old lady
students, in order to steal what the ladies were doing that was good either
through accident or through a natural but uneven talent. I'm sure he stole
from children, too!

It's really too bad that people are so insecure in their own responses to
art. That's why the Oprahs and other "legislators" have the power to deem
what is "great".

Merry Christmas and H.H. to all, and I promise the next time I post, it will
be on-topic.

But for now, here's the all-time worst Christmas song (I put it on YouTube):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CxE_LMz3og


Best,
Margaret G. Still