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Should I feel guilty because I sometimes like listening to Eminem?
A guest post by Matt Donovan Ever been appalled by an artist’s vulgarity, yet so entranced by their talent that you’ll gladly engage content that otherwise disgusts you? … more →
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Should I feel guilty because I sometimes like listening to Eminem?
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Abraham Piper wrote 1 month ago: A guest post by Matt Donovan Ever been appalled by an artist’s vulgarity, yet so entranced by their … more →
Some new photos by my wonderfully creative daughter
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Jacqui wrote 3 months ago: I sit I stand Sometimes I get bored Aren’t they wonderful? … more →
Reviews of books, movies, music, food, etc. are frustrating but necessary
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Abraham Piper wrote 4 months ago: Reading reviews beforehand can permanently affect our thoughts on whatever was reviewed, but without … more →
How could a perfect piece of art be improved by knowing about its imperfect artist?
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Abraham Piper wrote 5 months ago: When art feels sublime—almost inspired—knowing about the artist can be distracting, even destructive … more →
Why is it hard to appreciate art in the same way we naturally appreciate other good things?
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Abraham Piper wrote 5 months ago: Lewis’s poetry lesson applied to Christmas cookies: They’re easily appreciated both for what they ar … more →
I like cinematic entertainment fine, but I just can't think of film as a serious art form.
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Abraham Piper wrote 6 months ago: I can’t get into movies as “art.” They just seem silly compared to books and music. And sillier, the … more →
E.A.ST 2008
Jacqui wrote 7 months ago: Yesterday I went to see some of the work on display in various artist studios in East Austin. It alw … more →
Many artists succeed without fulfilling their audience’s need for familiarity, but not most.
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Abraham Piper wrote 8 months ago: If the work you produce is the kind that people only care about if they know you, don’t be discourag … more →
How does authorial intention determine interpretation when there’s more than one author?
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Abraham Piper wrote 10 months ago: A movie’s writer, director, and actors won’t all intend the same thing. If the artist’s intent matte … more →
Art is redemptive, at the very least, simply because it is art.
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Abraham Piper wrote 1 year ago: Every artwork has an element of redemption because it is an act of creation before it becomes an art … more →
Summer 2008 Blockbuster Season: Very short reviews
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Abraham Piper wrote 1 year ago: I don’t talk movies at this blog. I’ll send you somewhere else for that. With enviable pith, Travis … more →
My intelligence is not a very good measure of value or quality.
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Abraham Piper wrote 1 year ago: If I insist on understanding something before I’ll let myself think it’s good, then almost everythin … more →
A basic rule of discourse: You ought to at least think you “get it” before you condemn it.
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Abraham Piper wrote 1 year ago: If you criticize and mock something you admit you don’t understand, aren’t you just blaming others f … more →
experimenting with felt
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Jacqui wrote 1 year ago: A few months back I got very interested in the possibilities of making felt. I made a few things bu … more →
Shows I saw whilst in London
Jacqui wrote 1 year ago: Eileen had recommended I see the work of a young artist, Cathie Pilkington, showing at the Marlborou … more →
Been Away
Jacqui wrote 1 year ago: so not much beading has been happening recently as I got ready for my trip and since coming back, ge … more →
E.ast A.ustin S.tudio T.our
Jacqui wrote 1 year ago: At the weekend I had a very brief visit of the above event. I really don’t know east Austin a … more →
Blanton Museum visit 11/02/2007
Jacqui wrote 1 year ago: I went back to the Blanton again today to hear a talk, given by , Annette Carlozzi,the curator of A … more →
Visit to Denton
Jacqui wrote 1 year ago: Yesterday we went to visit our youngest daughter who studying an art major at the College of Visual … more →
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