tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343608.post2850983000265750563..comments2024-03-28T20:53:54.312-05:00Comments on Orange Crate Art: “[A]rt’s about limits”Michael Leddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05547732736861224886noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343608.post-26772661549972268342010-12-21T20:21:46.881-06:002010-12-21T20:21:46.881-06:00Elaine, George, Gunther: thanks for commenting on ...Elaine, George, Gunther: thanks for commenting on this (great, I agree) observation. I’m glad it now has some exposure beyond the DVD commentary.Michael Leddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05547732736861224886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343608.post-31778765522511604402010-12-21T00:37:45.685-06:002010-12-21T00:37:45.685-06:00Quite a while ago I found the advice "Embrace...Quite a while ago I found the advice "Embrace constraints". I can't remember the source but I think of it ever since. – I have also heard from a comic artist who has often put himself under servere restrictions as some kind of exercise.Guntherhttp://www.lexikaliker.denoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343608.post-73549638680532954102010-12-20T19:50:26.477-06:002010-12-20T19:50:26.477-06:00I think this is why quite a few quilters I know on...I think this is why quite a few quilters I know only function well when there is a 'challenge'--the restrictions make them comfortable. For others, the trick is to write their own border-lines.Elainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13195458656221202202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343608.post-65773202749484515452010-12-20T09:51:39.374-06:002010-12-20T09:51:39.374-06:00Part of the problem is that the TV networks want t...Part of the problem is that the TV networks want to use color and don't show black and white movies much any more.Geo-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09228768953715204493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343608.post-82328795038462694962010-12-20T09:49:49.535-06:002010-12-20T09:49:49.535-06:00I would second that and say (and have said it here...I would second that and say (and have said it here before) that all art, whether a sonnet or a woodcut, is about the limits, and crowding those limits so closely that your creativity bristles. And you'd be pretty stupid not to go back and see what your forebears have already done.Geo-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09228768953715204493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343608.post-36985660385091983592010-12-20T08:44:31.461-06:002010-12-20T08:44:31.461-06:00The quote is just excellent – thank you for postin...The quote is just excellent – thank you for posting it!Guntherhttp://www.lexikaliker.denoreply@blogger.com