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At 4:29 PM +0200 4/19/06, Stefan Tiedje wrote: >>But I think each of has to make a decision about why were doing what >> we're doing. If we want to be pure artists then we take one path. >>If we want to reach a lot of people maybe we take another path. > >This video does show that there are paths which serve both. This guy is >reaching an audience and undoubtedly delivering art at the same time. "Making art" and :reaching people" are not mutually exclusive, fergawdsakes. I've heard it said that it's easy to make a million dollars if you don't care how you do it, and I suppose that's why there is so much crap in the marketplace - but not all successful art is crap. >I'd say the opposite: Art is not that what we produce at home without >audience, the term art only makes sense within a context of an audience. >And that means if we want to give something to the audience, we must not >ignore them. But art is not about entertainment, though it could be >entertaining... >Performance is a special social experience with high risks and even >more fun...;-) > >>Which is the better path? I don't know, but I think I choose Mozart. > >There is no better path than my own path and its neither Mozart nor >Beethoven... I like it! -- David Gans - david@trufun.com or david@gdhour.com Truth and Fun, Inc., 484 Lake Park Ave. #102, Oakland CA 94610-2730 Blog: http://playback.trufun.com