Date: Sun, 16 Jun 1996 22:51:37 -0400 From: Michael Betancourt <mwb2-AT-mosquito.com> Subject: ANSWERS THE QUESTIONAIRRE There seems little I can add to Pierre's summing up of what we've already said. If anything, it simply shows that we've already asked these questions (perhaps too often, perhaps not -- depends on your perspective.) Whatever your feeling about it, that we already have a consensus about works/artists and their status as surreal or otherwise is evident, or at least general agreement that as a group we can at least hope to find those works which can be treated as surreal. This latter is very imporatant in that if we can't reach such agreements about these issues, then we have a BIG problem, and not one that is easily solvable. I would suggest, then, that we adopt Pierre's suggestion that a 3-4 person positive reaction to a work/artist be the minimum for inclusion, and that this rule apply not only to work supplied to us by those outside the list, but to all of us who are involved to some degree already. Simply being on this list should not make us and our work any different than that of the rest of the world, because if a rule doesn't apply to us as well, then it is an unfair rule and we should not use it. Such actions are those of a dictatorship. (With rules it's all or none; there's no middle ground.) This seems a reasonable basis for including works. -- Michael Betancourt E-mail: mwb2-AT-mosquito.com Index to Web Sites: http://www.mosquito.com/~mwb2
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