Comments on: Abstract 11a Series 3 ‘Lines’ http://www.drawingsilence.com/2009/02/25/abstract-11a-series-3-lines/ Tue, 08 Nov 2011 17:34:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Dick Whyte http://www.drawingsilence.com/2009/02/25/abstract-11a-series-3-lines/comment-page-1/#comment-258 Dick Whyte Fri, 03 Apr 2009 03:57:12 +0000 http://www.drawingsilence.com/?p=586#comment-258 Thanks D- I am glad you liked it. You are right - it is a highlight of art to find accidents and throwaways. I always really liked what John Cage said about this. I forget exactly what it was but it went something along the lines of "An accident in art is not an accident once you have done it," because an "accident" implies that it was "bad" in some way (like when you have an accident on the road). When you make an accident in art, if you are able to accept it, it ceases to be an accident. Does this make sense?? That is why I also really believe in making a lot of art - of continuously doing things and then filing them away, no matter what they were like, so that when you come across them again later you might discover something about yourself you didn't know or remember. See you soon. Love D Thanks D- I am glad you liked it. You are right – it is a highlight of art to find accidents and throwaways. I always really liked what John Cage said about this. I forget exactly what it was but it went something along the lines of “An accident in art is not an accident once you have done it,” because an “accident” implies that it was “bad” in some way (like when you have an accident on the road). When you make an accident in art, if you are able to accept it, it ceases to be an accident. Does this make sense??

That is why I also really believe in making a lot of art – of continuously doing things and then filing them away, no matter what they were like, so that when you come across them again later you might discover something about yourself you didn’t know or remember.

See you soon.

Love
D

]]> By: draw http://www.drawingsilence.com/2009/02/25/abstract-11a-series-3-lines/comment-page-1/#comment-255 draw Thu, 02 Apr 2009 23:39:46 +0000 http://www.drawingsilence.com/?p=586#comment-255 That is realy beautiful haiku poem Richard. Yes art accidents and throw aways are a highlight of making art. That is realy beautiful haiku poem Richard. Yes art accidents and throw aways are a highlight of making art.

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