Author: Garth Libre
Date: 2013-06-03 12:53
There is no great art without limitations of what you may not or should not do. When visual artists coat two turds in polyurethane and declare it art, you lose much of the value of painting or sculpture. When dancers roll around the floor like children tumbling down a hill, it is no longer the high art form of ballet. When musicians throw pots from a ladder on to a stage to make random sounds, it takes away the majesty of orchestral music. I don't wish to pass a law that artists can't do what strikes them as interesting, but I didn't want to particiapate Nijinski's crazed "ballet" either. My brother used to say there are musicians and there are "legitimate musicians". He was no snob, but when I see what gets a grammy nowadays or when I hear people say that John Trovolta was a great dancer, it kind of makes me ill.
Garth, 305-981-4705. garthlibre@yahoo.com
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