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Truths--Art, Function, Responsibility
Truths--World Without Art
Image -- Icon -- Idea
It Is No Wonder That Museums Are Fast Becoming "Attractions" Which Happen To House Art..............Their
Usefulness As "Expositories" (And Often, A Rather Costly Adventure For Those Simple Souls Like Myself Who Feel That All Art
Should Be Free) Will Quickly Disappear.........Indeed, Their Collections(Most Of Which Are Never Seen) Could(Should) Become
Part Of The Internet With The Vast Stores Of Knowledge And Information Stored In The Archives Open For All To Experience
In Truly New And Remarkable Ways(And Not As The Rather Primitive Web Sites Presently Offered By The Major Institutions)......Will
They Do It?.........Of Course They Will.......They Have To.............If..............They Wish Continued Survival As An
Institution
There Will Of Course Be Those Places Where Humans Can Gather For The Direct Experience Itself.............Places
Where Art Is, As With The Internet, Free And Open To All To Experiece And Grow From(Like That Wonderful Little Cultural Oasis
In Houston--Menil Collection--And Of Course There Are Others)........One Finds Though, That Such Places Are About Much More
Than The Art Itself..............They Are About Human Interaction, Education, Advancement Of Knowledge, Sensibility And Sensitivity...............They
Are About The Potential Of Fineness Of Human Experience--Indeed, A Fineness Of Existence Itself
Abstract Artist -- Art, Nature, Logic, Wonder
Truths--Species Extinction? (Us)
And Then There Is Art Created For The Internet Itself(A Mere Infant With Astonishing Possibilities
In Its' Future)......Another Form Of Expression...........Another Tool In The Creative Arsenal
Yes, There Are Some Limitations On Image Detail And Quality On The Internet...........Brushstrokes,
Paint Buildup, The Subtle Nuances, Colors, Tones, Expressions, Not To Mention The Direct Experience Itself.........But With
Time, And Patience, All Those Shortcomings Will Fall To Advancing Technology......In Fact, The Direct Experience Itself Will
Be Enhanced, Perhaps Through Something Like Holography But more Likely Through Some Process Not Even Invented Yet(Maybe Tomorrow)..........Exciting...........The
Pure Excitement Of Pure Energy
Ironically, The Things That Got Us Into The Planetary Mess That We Are In, Uncontrolled Technologies
Backed By Pure Greed, May Well Get Us Back On Track As A Species......And That Is Information Technology With The Sensibility
Of Knowledge It Brings..........Internet Is The Conduit--Will We Do It?
Someone On This Planet Is Viewing One Of My Web Pages At This Instant(Or Any Other For That
Matter)...........It Is A Simple Site Devoid Of Frivolous Nature, With Only One Function--Advancement Of Creative Awareness
As Well As, Equally Important, Environmental Awareness.............Up Until Very Recent Times Such Was Not Possible On Such
A Grand Scale..........Thank The Internet For That............And........Keep It Free And Open To All!
Knowledge Should Be Free And Open To All, Whatever The Form Or Expression.............That
Is The Beauty Of The Internet(Must Keep Greed Out Of The Mix, If That Is Possible!)--Forget "Rights" And Copyrights And Patents
And And.........Just Let The Engine Roll Freely, And, One Might Add, Creatively
Presently Available
Walking About In A Monet, Listening To Debussy, Gazing Up At "Starry Night"(Holst , Anyone?),
Flying About In A Pollack, Stravinsky Or Schoenberg Or Scriabin Cranked Up To The Max--All Present Possibilities--Technology
Already Existing With Future Technologies That Will Make Present Ones Appear Primitive..............Of Course There Will Be
Those "Purest" Who Feel Such Would Be Heresy...............Ignore The Dinosaurs...........It's Gonna Happen!
So Many Wonderful Possibilities Ahead With Art, With Internet............If...................We
Don't Kill Ourselves First........This The Iron ball Shackled To The Human Ankle.......Global Warming, Disease, Slaughter
Of Innocents Of All Species................On One Side, The Beauty And Fineness Of Human Creation And Occassional Deed..............On
The Other, A Species Heading Straight To Oblivion Because Of Its' Own Consumptive Behavior And Pure Greed...........Our Choice............Our
Chance
Call To Artist
No, Not One Of Those Juried(Judged Of Course By Imminent Authorities Who Make Their Living
Off The Efforts Of Others) Show Scams Ripping Off Artist With Entry Fees As Well As Other "Requirements" For Inclusion.........No,
Not That........But............A Sincere Call To Artist To Gather In A Universal Spirit Of Sorts And Create Anew.........Yes,
New Image, New Idea, Technique, Thought And Put It Out There On The Web.............But Please--Make It Devoid Of Commercial
Interest Or Pursuit.............Just Work And Word.......Just Clean Pages Of Creativity And Enlightenment To Challenge The
Viewer To Participate In The Evolving Process Of Human Thought, Idea, Creation...........Can't Stress The Importance Of Such
Action Enough.........As, Noted Elsewhere, Art(S) Is Just About The Last Thing Separating Us From Oblivion.........It Is Well
Past Time For Minds To Gather(And What Better Way Than The Internet) And Through The Act Of Simple Awareness Return The Energies
Of Thought, Of Order, Of Creation To Our Very Threatened Species
Tom McNease Contemporary Art
Art And Word -- Is Concept Reality? -- Sense, Senselessness, Sensibility At Web Site II
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