February 5, 2008, 2x4 Birdcage

[Cloud]

sound and fury signifying nothing, yeah.

I remember standing in line at the DeYoung Museum in San Francisco for hours to get in to the first King Tut exhibit -- hours and hours. Not that I wasn't impressed but after a while, certain things become an exercise in the law of diminishing returns

This speaks to me of the subtleties and differences between artists and artisans.

[xoxoxoBruce]

Originally Posted by Cloud

-- hours and hours.

Ha, ha, ha, in line from 9AM to 11PM in Washington, DC. Then the parking garage where I parked, was closed for the night.

[kerosene]

Originally Posted by Cloud

This speaks to me of the subtleties and differences between artists and artisans.

And which would value craftsman skills and which, design quality? Surely an artist, who knows what it takes to derive a great design would value design more than craftsman skills, however if a professional woodworker like that which created the cage from a 2 X 4 saw an exquisitely designed metal cage, he may indeed say "how did they do that?" I look at that cage and try to wrap my brain around the concept of it. "How did he *do* that" is my first thought. Less about visual aesthetics and more about the process of creation.

[xoxoxoBruce]

It's gonna take an age, if you wanna build a cage, and you know it don't come easy.