Comments on Fluffytek Art Blog: Photography is not art

wonderful post!!I'm always amused when people clai...

2007-09-16T15:31:00.000+01:00

wonderful post!!
I'm always amused when people claim to have some sort of authority on determining what is art and what is not. I think it showcases narrow perspectives on culture, and life in general. I try to stay clear from those who make blanket statements like this. To me, art is not about the medium that is used to create it, it's just about the desire to create, it's about exploration of the things that resonate within the eyes and mind of the creator, and finding out that it resonates with other people as well.

Never believe art teachers. I got a lousy grade at...

2007-09-16T13:23:00.000+01:00

Never believe art teachers. I got a lousy grade at A level Art, but got into art college. There I was told by a tutor that I was unteachable and dropped out before completing my "training" because it was such a miserable place full of bullies.

All the way through, nearly all of the "teachers" I encountered were "artists" who couldn't make a living at it and were regrettably forced to teach to make ends meet. And they passed all of their angst and bitterness on to whoever would listen.

And you know what? All my adult life I've been able to make money through my non-standard, non-classy "art" and never sold my soul. It's always been a part of my living, and they were all wrong.

I don't know how to spell the sound of blowing a huge raspberry, but I'm blowing one right now to every miserable art teacher I've ever met who thought they knew best. A plague on all your houses!

To Fluffy Offspring Number One - Do it your way and let the rest of them go hang. See ya's all next week. Love, Grommit and Lady Tottington

I love this post! Your description of the head of...

2007-09-15T23:09:00.000+01:00

I love this post! Your description of the head of the art department is priceless. And who would have thought this of anyone teaching art in this day and age. My sympathies.