BL> Ask yourself why a perfect copy of the Mona Lisa is not
 BL> generally considered to be true art. To me, it is! I don't have
 BL> this paradox. If it generates in me the feeling of awe, of "how
 BL> did he do it" then it *is* art.

 RM> I'd never thought of our politicians as artists before, but now
 RM> you mention it...

  Art (to me) is a continuity, running from great art down to mere
good work. I take pleasure observing a good politician at work (Joh
and Neville Wran were great), just as I like the insights offered by
literature, the flow of poetry blurring ideas, a field of wheat by Van
Gogh, a pretty Matisse, a musical trip, or a drop-forged spanner.

  Not all of us are as creative as the great ones, but most of us are 
capable of art... good work, well done. To me, this is also art. There
is great beauty in a simple electronic circuit.

  There is a beauty in it art-groupies never see, sadly...

... [later - re: Queensland Symphony Orchestra and the Emperor]

  I've just been listening the the Vienna Philharmonic's 150th
Anniversary concert, and they played a little Beethoven. It did not
sound much like the QSO's version of the Emperor Suite, I must say.

  I could be very wrong, but it seems to me that *THAT* is the way to
play Beethoven. Maybe the QSO has the real secret, a way to remove all
the drama from the music, to make the explosions flap like a wet rag,
to take the Beethoven roller-coaster and turn it into a trip on the
dodgems, a giggle on the gurglephone... or maybe Beethoven meant it to
be played like one the best orhestras in the World does it, and just
maybe, THAT is the way that it works best; the *right* way.

  Or maybe there hundreds of ways to play it right, and the QSO is a
great orchestra... ROFL!!

  Can't you hear the difference between crap, and good? Compared to
the Vienna Philharmonic, the QSO are silly twits only masquerading as
musos. I hope they haven't given up their day jobs.

  and the Musikvereinsaal is a nice hall, too, but I left before the
fat lady sang Mahler...

Regards,
Bob
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