From: Ed Atkeson <edatkeson-AT-earthlink.net>
Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2007 11:55:58 -0400
To: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org
Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] Craft is something that has a use


 >>> My Chinese history professor taught us that everything is  
interconnected--puppetry does NOT exist in a vacuum.
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Sorry Alan, but I just flashed on a little theatre in an upright  
vacuum cleaner. You know, the bag would have an opening for a stage?  
This would prove that puppetry can indeed exist in a vacuum.
ducking,
Ed

About the art and communication, what about this?
1, There's communication that means "saying something," like a  
message driven piece.
2, And there's communication that means partaking of what an artist  
is doing with the million year old shared experiences of humanity.
    The way I see it, art and music, poetry work because there is a  
enormous block of experiences that humanity shares. So that if  
someone makes something, there is an impression called forth that is  
more or less similar to impressions which may be called forth in  
others. Easy examples would be the sound of a baby crying, a sunny  
day, darkness, but it can get as subtle as an eyebrow raising a  
sixteenth of an inch. You experience these things and your mind and  
body responds.

When you say a work "speaks to you" and you mean communication type  
2, well I certainly agree.

There's nothing wrong with communication type 1, and I do plenty of  
it, it's just that in my opinion it has less to do with art.
best,
Ed
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