Digital BW, The Print

Part of the abstract paintings vs. abstract music issue is the fact 
that the public gets a lot more exposure to abstract paintings than 
abstract music. Possibly because of the fame/cost of some abstract 
paintings. And the fact that music is time based and takes more effort 
on the part of the audience.


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "Tyler Boley" <tyler@t...> 
wrote:
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "Julian Thomas" <
> julianthomas@t...> wrote:
> snip...
> ... Art should challenge, be difficult, make us
> > rethink our preconceptions, learn new visual or aural vocabularies etc etc.
> 
> This may be what I would like art to do, among other things 
> significantly less rational, but I'm not sure it has that 
> responsibility outright, and I think an artist consumed with these 
> goals during creation will be off the mark.
> 
> > On a slightly different note i've always been bemused by the fact that
> > people accept abstract art in publick places, but play the musical quivalent
> > and, is there trouble!
> 
> Very interesting. But if you're referring to abstract sculpture in 
> public places, I would link that more to music like Stravinsky than 
> more contemporary abstract music (an example of which currantly 
> escapes me). Just a thought.
> Tyler