tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-588118538433483895.post9160889831172025019..comments2024-03-28T03:17:28.911-04:00Comments on Art With a Needle: Prayer flags -- good or bad?Kathleen Loomishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05930922068379938756noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-588118538433483895.post-86108838733891611942014-06-28T20:12:02.495-04:002014-06-28T20:12:02.495-04:00Thea -- I can't disagree with anything you hav...Thea -- I can't disagree with anything you have said. If you will check out the post I wrote the day after this one I talk about the "non-art:" uses of nice little stitched things and how I'm all in favor.kathynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-588118538433483895.post-90013303455543272612014-06-28T11:31:25.372-04:002014-06-28T11:31:25.372-04:00encouragement in the form of a prayer flag, given ...encouragement in the form of a prayer flag, given to a person suffering from a serious condition, meant as innocently as a 'get well card' or other form of communication... can be very uplifting for the recipient. I don't think most of the 'lazy fauxrtists' have any delusions about them actually being 'art'.<br />my niece, suffering from bone cancer, has received the two dozen or so 'prayer flags' displayed across her sick room wall to be very uplifting, and she does not even believe in prayer or any religion.<br />as an artist, sometimes it seems we take ourselves a bit too seriously.<br />the Auntie ArtistTheaMinPAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03282746618220064503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-588118538433483895.post-43720605925071875142014-04-22T18:12:55.186-04:002014-04-22T18:12:55.186-04:00But working from your own imagination and life exp...But working from your own imagination and life experiences doesn't line the pockets of commercial enterprises who sell all the craft stuff needed for creating cutesie tchotchke du jours for the lazy fauxrtists. <br />With Tongue in Cheek!<br />LeighLeigh in Portland (we are not burning down)https://www.blogger.com/profile/06372544021604211747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-588118538433483895.post-7566202454295624082014-04-15T17:41:37.417-04:002014-04-15T17:41:37.417-04:00Not aware of the phenomenon over here in UK - look...Not aware of the phenomenon over here in UK - looks like bunting to me! I agree totally that art needs to be authentic - I work from my own images and experience otherwise it doesn't mean anything. magsramsayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16559934058887308651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-588118538433483895.post-21131805222064539622014-04-15T17:03:40.861-04:002014-04-15T17:03:40.861-04:00Thank you for your blog post today. The current cr...Thank you for your blog post today. The current craze of commercialization of prayer flags has bothered me. Today's post gave good expression to how I've felt as well. " tchotchke du jour " is perfect.<br />Rena MagolnickAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-588118538433483895.post-6509047401078712532014-04-15T08:40:59.620-04:002014-04-15T08:40:59.620-04:00As someone whose religious practice is composed of...As someone whose religious practice is composed of borrowings from at least five religions I did not grow up in, merely appropriating <i>symbols</i> of religion seems inoffensive. I'm sure there are people who would be offended by my borrowings, but that does not make my religious practice insincere. <br />Art is another matter. (If you asked me the butterfly question, my answers throughout would be "Huh?" and "I like the shape.") Following trends (and perhaps even starting them) seems to me unlikely to lead to good art. Kits even less so, although the trash collector in me would not rule that out completely. :)<br />Mary Anne in Kentuckysolarityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03606487180967915130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-588118538433483895.post-33376197011028002014-04-15T06:40:49.073-04:002014-04-15T06:40:49.073-04:00Good post. I should think it's possible you...Good post. I should think it's possible you'll get some criticism over this, so I wanted to get in first and say that I think your point about prayer flags etc is valid. A related matter that irritates me is the facile appropriation of other people's lived experience as the subject for 'art'. My hackles are poised for raising whenever I see artefacts that claim to be about political struggles, the refugee experience, poverty, starvation, war, oppression etc. If you have not lived these experiences I think it's important to be very careful and respectful indeed about commenting through art upon them. I'm not saying it can't be done, but if it's no more than modish posturing, it will inevitably show through in the artefact. <br />The concept of the 'tchotchke du jour' is a new one on me. It's made my day. Thanks.Catherine Gowthorpehttp://www.catherinegowthorpe.comnoreply@blogger.com