Comments on: On Making “Art”

By: The Whited Sepulchre

The Whited Sepulchre — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 09:49:52 +0000

One of the primary differences between Art and a Craft is that Crafts have some fairly well-defined standards.
I work in shipping/logistics for a FW manufacturing company, and there are woodworkers there whose 90-degree angles are closer to 90 degrees than others. There are welders whose seam welds look like a roll of nickels. Mine look like grackle crap.
Haven’t dropped by in a while. Hope you’re doing well.

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Fort Worth on the Web this Week | Fort Worth Renaissance — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 18:20:58 +0000

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By: Sonja

Sonja — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 13:49:51 +0000

I think one thing we have a real challenge with in America is the fear of investing in the future. In fact, I’m sure you agree, we usually do the opposite. Your fear of training for a trade suggests that same anxiety, that if we put work into a future good, the work will be wasted. I’m not saying no matter what you do it will be guaranteed successful and productive, but sometimes I think in terms of likely outcome — if I invest this much time, with a 50-50 percent chance of success, is it worth it? In order to determine, you’ve got to compute the return if the project is successful against the cost of doing the project.