[sdiy] Don't hit anybody where it hurts....

[matti at devo.com]

Quoting Scott Gravenhorst <music.maker at gte.net>:

> Well, last I checked, the list is "synth-diy".  I saw that the 
> post was something about a synth of some kind, but I can't 
> recall seeing anything do-it-yourself in the post.  Am I wrong 
> in my perception that diy means things like building, designing,
> troubleshooting, fixing...  those sorts of things done 
> "yourself"?  Maybe I don't get it, but posting art is probably
> not what is meant by "synth-diy".  There are better places for
> that, places where the audience expects and appreciates that.
> Ah, but one can say that the unexpected nature of it was what
> made it art in the first place.  If that's the case, then why
> not appreciate finding a cockroach in the sandwich you just
> bought at a restaurant?  Perhaps it was the chef's performance
*snip*

Appreciate it? Sure. I'd be disgusted, horrified, and maybe amused. I'd also
certainly not eat at this restaurant. That's not to say I'd eat the sandwich,
however. That's something else; I doubt as well the chef would presume the eater
would eat.

2 Cents Below
Hate it - ignore it. Find interest in it - don't ignore it.

enjoy

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