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and why shouldn't they? in my opinion, this "table" is basically a meaningless elitist creation, formed over time to maintain the barrier between audience and artist.
if people have the tools, why not utilize them.
i think this is the problem, the artist and the audience have become so alienated from each other, why should art be structured towards the consumer? surely art is better art if it is created without any preconcieved notion of what is expected by society. if a person has feelings, he/she should express them. in my mind, this is art.
although i'm straying from the point. i do agree with your point in full about people who pretend to have a full knowledge of language/brush strokes etc etc, but in my mind, that's only a tiny part of the full picture. were sonic youth "cheeky amateurs?" because they had no formla training in music?
perhaps! but they sure made some fucking amazing art.[/quote]
Right,back to more interesting things than Norma J's desperate calls for mummy and daddy.I'm not saying that if a person didn't get some formal artistic training they wont be able to produce beautiful art and,as you've rightly pointed out,Sonic Youth are one such example of that.I'm not sure if i 'm totally convinced about this 'divide' between audience and artist and quiete frankly i think that it is an idea that gets dusted out of the cupboard because of the notion of i'ndie cred' and that old and sterile punk rock way of thinking that has been perpetrated on musicians and scenes for a bit too long now.If the work of an artist is good enough,i shall think that it will still manage to communicate to me intimately even if it is being performed from the peak of a mountain.
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