http://countercritic.com/2008/02/09/ways-and-means-what-you-see-is-not-the-same-as-how-you-see-it/ Keepin' it real. Real ugly. Thu, 08 Jan 2009 09:37:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU hourly 1 http://countercritic.com/2008/02/09/ways-and-means-what-you-see-is-not-the-same-as-how-you-see-it/#comment-715 countercritic Sat, 09 Feb 2008 14:50:43 +0000 http://countercritic.com/?p=923#comment-715 [2] I am excluding here theses and critical essays in published journals because they literally hypothesize the worth or non-worth of art, and though they go into far greater depth than any newspaper review ever could, they still maintain a need to confirm or negate value. They also tend to focus less on recounting immediate experiences with art than they do on accounting for historical experiences with art. [2] I am excluding here theses and critical essays in published journals because they literally hypothesize the worth or non-worth of art, and though they go into far greater depth than any newspaper review ever could, they still maintain a need to confirm or negate value. They also tend to focus less on recounting immediate experiences with art than they do on accounting for historical experiences with art.

]]> http://countercritic.com/2008/02/09/ways-and-means-what-you-see-is-not-the-same-as-how-you-see-it/#comment-714 countercritic Sat, 09 Feb 2008 14:50:15 +0000 http://countercritic.com/?p=923#comment-714 [1] On the other hand, making predictions of the next big thing can also prove just as much of a bad idea. Such predictions can do more to reaffirm the ego of the critic than the career of the artist. It can also inject all sorts of unnecessary expectations into a culture that should really maintain an open stance to all new work. [1] On the other hand, making predictions of the next big thing can also prove just as much of a bad idea. Such predictions can do more to reaffirm the ego of the critic than the career of the artist. It can also inject all sorts of unnecessary expectations into a culture that should really maintain an open stance to all new work.

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