tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34175158.post7019469340242254416..comments2023-09-26T10:38:35.085-04:00Comments on ImageFiction: Racist?Tedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07869579042505598957noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34175158.post-52026650353324629362018-11-01T16:09:48.199-04:002018-11-01T16:09:48.199-04:00Do you really believe that all art is polemic? Som...Do you really believe that <i>all</i> art is polemic? Some art can be, for sure, but I would say that in every instance it would be intentional. But not all art speaks against something, at least not through my POV. And while I would go as far as to say that by its very nature, art often takes a subject matter out of its context and in so doing, could be said to tell a bit of a lie, art is not <iCedrichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14238425278604570039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34175158.post-9180331942661098552018-11-01T14:09:38.795-04:002018-11-01T14:09:38.795-04:00BTW, I've recently begun using my Canon EF-S...BTW, I've recently begun using my Canon EF-S 10-22mm as "normal". So Pedro's image was captured at 10mm (cropped conversion = 15mm). We don't see the world through the distortions that wide angles bake into an image. Butwide-glass portals into a different explanation about life and its meaning. In post, It's neccessary to correct the lens' distortions along the Tedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07869579042505598957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34175158.post-84496073305235119732018-11-01T13:53:51.443-04:002018-11-01T13:53:51.443-04:00Thanks for your comments on the Pic Cedric. Color ...Thanks for your comments on the Pic Cedric. Color coats everything in a romantic casing. I experimented with stripping it away from this image, leaving bones in place and the effect is way moodier - and even more dishonest. In fact the choice of a 17mm lens to make the image was my first step into a kind of dark whimsy. <br /><br />Okay... wudda-hell's honest about art? Every photo. paintingTedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07869579042505598957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34175158.post-82395978318838824382018-10-29T01:42:20.617-04:002018-10-29T01:42:20.617-04:00One last thing (I had to split my comment into two...One last thing (I had to split my comment into two parts because apparently I prattle on too much).<br />As a kid, when I was learning about evolution, I asked the teacher why humans had developed a sense of humour. I wanted to know what survival advantage humour would have brought to the mix. My teacher didn't have an answer and it was decades later that I came across an article which Cedrichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14238425278604570039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34175158.post-79568151322424017482018-10-29T01:41:40.761-04:002018-10-29T01:41:40.761-04:00I wanted to comment on the picture alone because I...I wanted to comment on the picture alone because I like it—the colours and the inclusion of the observation tower which amusingly looks like a Transformer wearing a giant sombrero—but in the context of the post, I would feel rude to leave it at that and not address your question of racism.<br />Firstly, to determine whether this image depicts something racist, we would need to know the owner of Cedrichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14238425278604570039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34175158.post-6020682695690983932018-10-28T23:03:51.499-04:002018-10-28T23:03:51.499-04:00Whoa, powerful points.
Sensitivity’s a lot like ...Whoa, powerful points. <br /><br />Sensitivity’s a lot like truth, Earl. It seems to be a moving target. Looking back upon a lot of years - it seems as if the things that give offense are increasingly like a lump of clay in the talented fingers of a hidden sculptor. Fingers that are continually revealing dynamic clues about discomfort. It’s as if morality’s in flux. <br /><br />The fact I asked Tedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07869579042505598957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34175158.post-81639028057271519212018-10-28T17:34:43.706-04:002018-10-28T17:34:43.706-04:00Ted, I'd say “South of the Border” is racist, ...Ted, I'd say “South of the Border” is racist, stereotyping and culturally insensitive. Some in today's culture, probably almost all which support our current President but also others, would say there’s far too much Political Correctness (PC) applied in today's culture and that “South of the Border” was and is all in good humor. Granted while in some cases PC is overzealously appliedEarlhttp://meanderingpassage.comnoreply@blogger.com