tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18941959.post114029747950701331..comments2023-08-11T09:12:42.604-07:00Comments on Silver Apples of the Moon: Literary and artistic criticism:tlchanghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10259427561396960607noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18941959.post-1140593175858185222006-02-21T23:26:00.000-08:002006-02-21T23:26:00.000-08:00very interesting post TLC. I must admit, the perso...very interesting post TLC. I must admit, the person who pushes me most critically is my husband. He can look at a painting that i think is ok and make suggestions of improvement- often leading me to do it again. But then I do the same for his photography so we are even.<BR/><BR/>I do agree that it is great to push yourself with every piece, but it is also good to accept that not everything you do will be amazing and unique and Wow. Many an un-wow painting will plant an idea or a layout for a future Wow one and so often you just have to keep on going forwards instead of being caught up on each individual image.<BR/><BR/>:o)lornahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10536365544252432239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18941959.post-1140495633568874172006-02-20T20:20:00.000-08:002006-02-20T20:20:00.000-08:00Hmmm. I'm going to keep thinking about this. Whi...Hmmm. I'm going to keep thinking about this. While I agree, we may not be able to be led to 'wow' from without, we maybe can push a bit further from good to 'way better' than we do..? Also, maybe pulling back and looking again at the whole thing a bit more conceptually in addition to all the little picky details?<BR/><BR/>Still thinking...tlchanghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10259427561396960607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18941959.post-1140469344096124262006-02-20T13:02:00.000-08:002006-02-20T13:02:00.000-08:00Hmm.... going from 'good to wow'. I'd guess that'...Hmm.... going from 'good to wow'. I'd guess that'd have to be something that only an artist might discover on their own. <BR/><BR/>But there are glaring mistakes that can be pointed out... to maybe clean up a few glaring bad habits in an artist's work. But even once all the obvious things that stick out like sore thumbs are fixed... that's still not a guarantee that anything would be up the 'wow' stage.<BR/><BR/>If I knew how to make that transition, I'd probalby have my phone ringing off the hook.<BR/><BR/>I think each artist has to uncover the 'wow' within. It's a lifelong task I imagine... <BR/><BR/>:0)John Nezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13428052549806632272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18941959.post-1140381301586630992006-02-19T12:35:00.000-08:002006-02-19T12:35:00.000-08:00Something that comes to me is that it may not alwa...Something that comes to me is that it may not always be possible or appropriate to transform one individual piece from good to wow. This happens over time. It has to be unfolded or discovered, not just told. But it could improve the usefulness of our critiquing if included what we saw as developing Wowness. The sensitivity of each artist has their own special beauty, or drama and we should be recognizing the development of what is special as well as helping by critiquing the details. I see easily the unique specialness of everyone in our group. Maybe we can give our thoughts about how to best bring that out, but I wouldn't want to influence too strongly with an opinion that may fall short of their vision.<BR/>Maybe we could all express our own views about what we think we are aiming for/ our developing vision. Keep a diary about it and share. Then get feedback/critique on Wowness factor and hitting/missing the mark. ---IsobelAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18941959.post-1140368437502887802006-02-19T09:00:00.000-08:002006-02-19T09:00:00.000-08:00Hi Tara, I agree with Rebecca, sometimes we are no...Hi Tara, I agree with Rebecca, sometimes we are not going for a "correct" image, but we do want it to work, not look as if we don't know how to do the correct perspective or anatomy. It is good to find and encourage the quirks and individualalities that make our work different and pleasing. KathleenAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18941959.post-1140298968236504672006-02-18T13:42:00.000-08:002006-02-18T13:42:00.000-08:00Hi Tara,Just gave it a brief review... I think I a...Hi Tara,<BR/>Just gave it a brief review... I think I agree although I'm not really sure exactly what she meant ;) !<BR/>I do think that we don't' really need to get into the picky details like composition or anantomy so much as we do-- that is tedious and sometimes too subjective. <BR/>Is the idea to look for the little clue in a piece that points to how it should ALL be, the part that REALLY works, to search for that inkling and say YES! this is the direction! I don't know what it is, necessarily, but do more like this!<BR/>Anybody else?<BR/>RebeccaAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01463761899316722194noreply@blogger.com