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Default New Studio Phrases - side note on FOX

Tom Watson wrote:

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Don't even argue with him.


Arguments are two oneway speaches, with both parties
beginning with and ending with closed minds.

Now a discussion on the other hand is an exchange of
ideas - far more interesting, and often informative.

My original topic for discussion was how spin is entering
the woodworking lexicon - epitomized by "the presence
of abscence". I'd gotten use to "negative space" and
understood it to mean holes, symetric or irregular, in
something that I guess you'd call "positive space". In
the original context - a broken turned burl bowl - with
some pieces probably missing - I didn't try to mentally
reconsctruct was was shown in the photo - and the
rest set at angles to each other just to make "recon-
structing" the "deconstructed" piece.

I suspect that the new woodworking spin terms and
phrases have more to do with increasing the price
tag of the item than to communicate the artist's
concept or inspiration for the item/piece.

Now I must admit that I live in The Heart of Silly Cone
Valley where we have two infamous pieces of "art".
The first, a dark gray concrete spiral in a park in the
center of what used to be called "downtown" and now
called The Central Business District which The local
paper called The Gray Dog Turd" - on editorial page.
The other piece is a two times lifesize - anotomically
correct - initially polished bronze statue - of Anita Ekberg
- in THE NUDE!. Since its installation a patina has developed,
toning down the initially shiny gold finish - EXCEPT, for
some mysterious reason - the nipples. Even our civic
architecture is embarassing - the Children's Discovery
Museum - painted PURPLE and The Tech Museum, known
locally as The Tech - in day glo orange! Guess they figured
if the architectural work wasn't going to be noteworthy
they could at least make it stand out from its surroundings.

I can't define the word "art" but I know what it DOESN'T
look like, sound like or feel like.

charlie b