Lewis LaCook
Since 2001
Works in Lorain, Ohio United States of America

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Re:randomness


>>>>>> No. Painting does not exist in nature.

>>>>Once again, the question of nature. I think it is
interesting that
people separate man from nature,....
the facture,. the overlap,. the abstaction, the
realationships, the
results..

yeah, the question of nature does loom large in these
things--however, must say i do share your view there,
jeremy---as logic it goes something like: man is a
product of nature; man makes these; these things are
products of nature....not as tight perhaps as the
"socrates is a man" routine, but it'll do for the
moment---

i only make a distinction between the two because it's
part of the language i've inherited after centuries of
western thought...and it's easier to get people to see
what i mean---honestly, i see no difference between a
rock outcropping and beethoven: both are as dear to
me...

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Re:randomness


Rob Myers wrote:

it

LL:why introduce random elements into art?

RM:For non-random reasons. When it isn't a bogus
substitute for creativity
randmoness is a minor fetish of the uncontrollable or
unknowable. Which
is made controllable and knowable by inclusion in an
artwork. Picasso's
bullfighting fixation springs to mind.

LL: Then is art using random elements art that
approaches the unknowable? doesn't all art do this in
one way or another anyway, or am i being naive?

LL:are we, when creating art, STILL simply mimicing
> non-man-made pneomena?

RM:No. Painting does not exist in nature.

LL: Just as squares don't exist in nature...ever
notice that? not just perfect squares, mind you, but
anything resembling a square...

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Re:randomness


mez breeze ecrit:

..how r u d.fining a non_random l.ement?

EXACTLY, mez!!! one could simply say, oh, it's
INTENTION, a non-random element is an INTENTIONAL
element, but, given all the potential for noise in the
channel, how can we say intention isn't itself "dirty"
with randomness? and would the artwork exist at all if
there were no intention whatsoever?

these are the questions that keep me up nights...

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randomness


--does the inclusion of random elements in an artwork
indicate a certain ontology of the art experience?

--why introduce random elements into art?

--are we, when creating art, STILL simply mimicing
non-man-made pneomena?

--are these even the right questions?

discuss. please.

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this one very hot house


Color's Torrid Function! <llacook@yahoo.com> wrote:Date: Wed, 7 Jul 2004 02:47:59 -0700 (PDT)
From: Color's Torrid Function!
Subject: this one very hot house
To: Poeticslistserv
,
Netbehavior

Jessica Yeo has given herself bangs
I'd like to say, noting her hairy arms...

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