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Re: More FfR thoughts

hmm, i wasn't so much lamenting the photo touch-up, i think, as i was the 
fact that i noticed it and it bugged me.  just another example of too much 
training marring the enjoyment of the art.  i still love the cover.

melanie

(*eep! do i have to be afraid of ducks, now, too??!!)


>From: Don Smith <dasmith at rotse2_physics.lsa.umich.edu>
>Reply-To: Don Smith <dasmith at rotse2_physics.lsa.umich.edu>
>To: Over-the-Rhine at actwin_com (Over the Rhine List)
>Subject: Re: More FfR thoughts
>Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2001 23:02:08 -0500 (EST)
>
>Hi,
>
> > i love the red, too, and it was all the more surprising after such a 
>long
> > train of faded-photo themes.  however, i was a little disappointed when
> > looking at the cover to find that *probably* both arms were originally
> > visible, but a little photoshopping turned one red.  i guess it's the
> > graphics training in me, but am i wrong?  it's still gorgeous
>
>I don't know.  It doesn't bother me.  One thing I hope will come of the 
>digital
>age is that people will (a) be more aware of how much photography changes 
>its
>subject, rather than simply recording what 'is', and (b) explore 
>photography
>more as a fantastic *and* representational art like painting.  If the cover 
>of
>FfR were a painting, there wouldn't be an issue; the painter could extend 
>to
>the pocket.  That's how I see this photo.  YMMV.
>
> > >Is is possible to avoid the idolation of pop stardom while still doing
> > >things that court that kind of mindset like offering signatures to a
> > >select few?  Just food for thought...  on to the music...
> >
> > true, it does seem inconsistent.
>
>I don't think I was thinking about consistency, although that could be an
>issue.  I was thinking more along hte lines of: there are certain behaviors
>that encourage others (who are already prone to do so) to set you apart and
>above, on a pedestal.  Pop stars are celebreties; they are not thought of 
>as
>"just like us".  If you want to avoid having people idolize you (we're not
>worthy!), my thought was it could be counter-productive to do things that
>encourage people to think of you as special (using your signature as a 
>reward,
>for example).  Maybe not.  Maybe whether or not people idolize you lies on
>them, not you, whether you isolate yourself like Salinger or market 
>yourself
>like Madonna.
>
> > is it sort of obvious that k&l didn't write it?
>
>Hm.  I'm not sure I can answer that.  Since I knew in advance they didn't, 
>I'm
>not sure I could put that knowledge aside and ask "if I didn't know they 
>didn't
>write it, could I figure out they didn't write it?"
>
>I have to get some sleep.  It's been a fun month of travel, but I am 
>looking
>forward to getting home.  Although there's going to be a ton of paperwork
>waiting for me.  Yuck.  :-P A whole month's worth of minutia, piled up and
>ready to pounce.  Although, I think a pile of bills and forms wouldn't 
>pounce.
>It would be more like quicksand.  Or it would nibble you to death like 
>ducks.
>
>Good night,
>--
>Don Smith                    Robotic Optical Transient Search Experiment
>dasmith at rotse2_physics.lsa.umich.edu        http://xte.mit.edu/~dasmith/
>
>"Go to red alert!"  "Are you *absolutely* sure, sir?
>It does mean changing the bulb."			    - Red Dwarf
>
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