Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "Steadman Uhlich" <steadmanuhlich@k...> wrote:
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> What will it take to "shock" the future?  Mass murders?  Genocide as an art form?  Sorry...it has already been done.  Back to the argument that there are no more original ideas....

One of the best comments I've heard, told me by an artist I highly respect-
That something must be original is not a very original idea.

Made me feel MUCH better.
Very little seems to shock now, it only seems slightly depressing when confronted yet again by someone wanting to do so. 
You are right, it seems to me that a presence built on outrageousness is eventually a dead end. You can't top yourself 
indefinitely. Maybe it's not a concern if you make enough to retire on during your 15 minutes.
On the other hand I think there will always be a new audience as each generation comes of age and realizes all is not as 
we were led to believe, and gets a bit miffed about it. I certainly reveled in my gleeful denouncements way back when, but I 
was probably also after attention.
I figure a time will come when simple well crafted images of an infinitely compelling natural world will seem really RAD. I'll 
be ready, waiting, price list in hand.
Hope this thread isn't too aggravating, there really doesn't seem to be much going on in printing developments.
Tyler

...actually, I suspect most just can help themselves and make whatever art they do because they can't stop, and we all think 
about it later...