Comments on: Sketchbooks and Journals http://artandperception.com/2006/11/sketchbooks-and-journals.html a multi-disciplinary dialog Tue, 06 Jan 2009 09:30:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Arthur Whitman http://artandperception.com/2006/11/sketchbooks-and-journals.html#comment-1238 Arthur Whitman Tue, 14 Nov 2006 15:49:06 +0000 http://www.artandperception.com/2006/11/sketchbooks-and-journals.html#comment-1238 I think I need something stronger, Doc. I think I need something stronger, Doc.

]]> By: David http://artandperception.com/2006/11/sketchbooks-and-journals.html#comment-1231 David Tue, 14 Nov 2006 01:17:12 +0000 http://www.artandperception.com/2006/11/sketchbooks-and-journals.html#comment-1231 Arthur, take two and call us in the morning :) Arthur, take two and call us in the morning :)

]]> By: Arthur Whitman http://artandperception.com/2006/11/sketchbooks-and-journals.html#comment-1230 Arthur Whitman Tue, 14 Nov 2006 01:09:31 +0000 http://www.artandperception.com/2006/11/sketchbooks-and-journals.html#comment-1230 I think I need a dominatrix. I think I need a dominatrix.

]]> By: Arthur Whitman http://artandperception.com/2006/11/sketchbooks-and-journals.html#comment-1226 Arthur Whitman Tue, 14 Nov 2006 00:29:22 +0000 http://www.artandperception.com/2006/11/sketchbooks-and-journals.html#comment-1226 Go ahead. Go ahead.

]]> By: Arthur Whitman http://artandperception.com/2006/11/sketchbooks-and-journals.html#comment-1225 Arthur Whitman Tue, 14 Nov 2006 00:29:01 +0000 http://www.artandperception.com/2006/11/sketchbooks-and-journals.html#comment-1225 Karl, <i>Arthur, I think you need a partner or a boss or a side-kick to help you get organized.</i> Or maybe just a good kick in the side. <i>I can name a couple of these myself.</i> Karl,

Arthur, I think you need a partner or a boss or a side-kick to help you get organized.

Or maybe just a good kick in the side.

I can name a couple of these myself.

]]> By: David http://artandperception.com/2006/11/sketchbooks-and-journals.html#comment-1221 David Mon, 13 Nov 2006 23:27:27 +0000 http://www.artandperception.com/2006/11/sketchbooks-and-journals.html#comment-1221 Hi Colin. By presentation I didn't mean a performance or a lecture, but simply making things available to be seen by others. The things that one might put on a blog are, by the nature of the medium, on public view. The things in my journals are not. Sometimes I want feedback on my thoughts, and sometimes I don't. I don't necessarily want to work out all my thoughts in public, just some of them. For both Flaubert and Margaret Atwood, writing is their art form. It is something meant to be seen by others, or at least what they published was. I'm sure both have written things that they chose to keep private. Hi Colin. By presentation I didn’t mean a performance or a lecture, but simply making things available to be seen by others. The things that one might put on a blog are, by the nature of the medium, on public view. The things in my journals are not. Sometimes I want feedback on my thoughts, and sometimes I don’t. I don’t necessarily want to work out all my thoughts in public, just some of them.

For both Flaubert and Margaret Atwood, writing is their art form. It is something meant to be seen by others, or at least what they published was. I’m sure both have written things that they chose to keep private.

]]> By: Colin Jago http://artandperception.com/2006/11/sketchbooks-and-journals.html#comment-1218 Colin Jago Mon, 13 Nov 2006 23:07:40 +0000 http://www.artandperception.com/2006/11/sketchbooks-and-journals.html#comment-1218 David: I'm interested that you say <i>"A blog of course is a presentation to (and conversation with) the public"</i>. It could be either, or both, of course, but it could be neither as well. This is an extract from my <a href="http://www.auspiciousdragon.net/photography/articles/photostream.html" rel="nofollow">about</a> page: "The art of writing is the art of discovering what you believe." In quotes because it is attributed to Flaubert. There is another similar idea expressed by Margaret Atwood on the same page. I write what I write because I want to write it. Sometimes a conversation strikes up, but not very often. Of much higher value are the email conversations that I have with people because the blog exists. The people who think I am making a presentation are a bit of a pain actually. Sometimes I use the blog to get feedback about specific issues. It is the ability to do so that makes me use a public forum rather than a private one (well that and the fact that my handwriting skills are well atrophied), but that is definitely a 'sometimes'. David: I’m interested that you say “A blog of course is a presentation to (and conversation with) the public”. It could be either, or both, of course, but it could be neither as well.

This is an extract from my about page:

“The art of writing is the art of discovering what you believe.”

In quotes because it is attributed to Flaubert. There is another similar idea expressed by Margaret Atwood on the same page.

I write what I write because I want to write it. Sometimes a conversation strikes up, but not very often. Of much higher value are the email conversations that I have with people because the blog exists. The people who think I am making a presentation are a bit of a pain actually.

Sometimes I use the blog to get feedback about specific issues. It is the ability to do so that makes me use a public forum rather than a private one (well that and the fact that my handwriting skills are well atrophied), but that is definitely a ’sometimes’.

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