Comments for ArtSpring http://artspring.ca Wed, 16 May 2012 15:30:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on Knowing and not knowing by Chelsea Rose Wendt http://artspring.ca/2012/05/knowing-and-not-knowing/comment-page-1/#comment-658 Chelsea Rose Wendt Wed, 16 May 2012 15:30:54 +0000 http://artspring.ca/?p=3649#comment-658 Interesting, I might have reversed those: like the idealist, you have to know where you are going, but like the pragmatist you have to be open to many ways to get there. Yes, I think I like that formulation better. The pragmatist doesn't necessarily know where they're going, just feels a need, starts, and continues through all the creative moments, like "oh... this isn't working! How bout if I do X?" Then stops when they feel done with the work. I usually think of myself as a pragmatist, meaning I want to put myself in a place where I can have an actual effect on the world, with the direction of motion determined by ideals. Idealism, on the other hand, gets pissed because things aren't in accord with ideals, and wants to jump right into the ideal, without ever accepting that things are as they are. In fact, of course, the ideals are necessary to drive the action, but you can't be attached to them. Interesting, I might have reversed those: like the idealist, you have to know where you are going, but like the pragmatist you have to be open to many ways to get there. Yes, I think I like that formulation better. The pragmatist doesn’t necessarily know where they’re going, just feels a need, starts, and continues through all the creative moments, like “oh… this isn’t working! How bout if I do X?” Then stops when they feel done with the work.

I usually think of myself as a pragmatist, meaning I want to put myself in a place where I can have an actual effect on the world, with the direction of motion determined by ideals. Idealism, on the other hand, gets pissed because things aren’t in accord with ideals, and wants to jump right into the ideal, without ever accepting that things are as they are. In fact, of course, the ideals are necessary to drive the action, but you can’t be attached to them.

]]> Comment on Continuous Thinking by Melynda Okulitch http://artspring.ca/2012/04/continuous-thinking/comment-page-1/#comment-644 Melynda Okulitch Tue, 01 May 2012 15:48:33 +0000 http://artspring.ca/?p=3490#comment-644 Only at a live performance do I engage all my senses, and having to sit in my seat, not wander about doing gardening, house work, or even reading makes the experience much much deeper. I find my hands are still, my concentration more focused and my enjoyment stronger. In every way, the live experience enhances. Even if I am critical, irritated or disturbed, the experience speaks louder. Only at a live performance do I engage all my senses, and having to sit in my seat, not wander about doing gardening, house work, or even reading makes the experience much much deeper. I find my hands are still, my concentration more focused and my enjoyment stronger. In every way, the live experience enhances. Even if I am critical, irritated or disturbed, the experience speaks louder.

]]> Comment on Continuous Thinking by George Sipos http://artspring.ca/2012/04/continuous-thinking/comment-page-1/#comment-607 George Sipos Thu, 05 Apr 2012 23:39:08 +0000 http://artspring.ca/?p=3490#comment-607 Ian Brown wrote an article in last Saturday's Globe & Mail, the main story of which surrounded a copy of Grey's Elegy which had originally been owned by General Wolfe. I believe the copy now resides in the rare books collection of UofT. Ian Brown wrote an article in last Saturday’s Globe & Mail, the main story of which surrounded a copy of Grey’s Elegy which had originally been owned by General Wolfe. I believe the copy now resides in the rare books collection of UofT.

]]> Comment on Continuous Thinking by Don Barnes http://artspring.ca/2012/04/continuous-thinking/comment-page-1/#comment-606 Don Barnes Thu, 05 Apr 2012 21:52:45 +0000 http://artspring.ca/?p=3490#comment-606 Is Ian Brown's book on Gray's elegy, and James Wolfe's reading and margin writing, available? DB Is Ian Brown’s book on Gray’s elegy, and James Wolfe’s reading and margin writing, available? DB

]]> Comment on Monik Nordine & Rémi Bolduc by Monik Nordine http://artspring.ca/2012/03/monik-nordine-remi-bolduc/comment-page-1/#comment-550 Monik Nordine Thu, 15 Mar 2012 06:39:46 +0000 http://artspring.ca/?p=3417#comment-550 Departure CD's are available at Salt Spring Books and also at Raven Street Cafe for $20 each. Departure CD’s are available at Salt Spring Books and also at Raven Street Cafe for $20 each.

]]> Comment on Monik Nordine & Rémi Bolduc by Shinobu Murata http://artspring.ca/2012/03/monik-nordine-remi-bolduc/comment-page-1/#comment-545 Shinobu Murata Wed, 14 Mar 2012 20:29:20 +0000 http://artspring.ca/?p=3417#comment-545 Raven Street Wood Fire Cafe Call Reservation 250 537 2273 Raven Street Wood Fire Cafe Call Reservation 250 537 2273

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