tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3754250514777488789.post940897816275163520..comments2023-05-02T07:43:57.094-07:00Comments on Art and Critique: Neil HollingsworthUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3754250514777488789.post-37107480879546178632007-09-26T07:00:00.000-07:002007-09-26T07:00:00.000-07:00Hello Tree,I certainly didn't mean to insult anybo...Hello Tree,<BR/><BR/>I certainly didn't mean to insult anybody. As I said, I realize that what I'm saying is controversial. Perhaps you are correct about gaining knowledge... but until than, the argument stands still, and I challenge you to prove it wrong. There's nothing like gaining knowledge during a discussion.<BR/>Thank you for your response.Elijahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06117763669590537594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3754250514777488789.post-66579413021072475942007-09-26T05:27:00.000-07:002007-09-26T05:27:00.000-07:00I tend to be blunt so take this in the spirit it i...I tend to be blunt so take this in the spirit it is given as it's not meant to be mean but, your comments about photography and photographers are very insulting and show a lack of knowledge about both. I really hope you learn more about the subject as you may gain a greater understanding and appreciation of it.Treehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14267341272145443931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3754250514777488789.post-36241510090235224972007-09-20T23:49:00.000-07:002007-09-20T23:49:00.000-07:00Your writing is improving in leaps and bounds:) I ...Your writing is improving in leaps and bounds:) I like this post, It's the first I've seen whre you feature an artist and not just an artwork.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3754250514777488789.post-5834271377165804492007-09-19T11:41:00.000-07:002007-09-19T11:41:00.000-07:00@Alvin Richard: Thank you! I appreciate your kind ...@Alvin Richard: Thank you! I appreciate your kind words, and your interest for Neil's work as well.<BR/><BR/>@G Summers: Interesting perspective. I actually haven't considered that it's what inside the artist's mind and soul that defines what he does (if done properly) as art. It's a broad-minded viewpoint, and I agree with you.Elijahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06117763669590537594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3754250514777488789.post-38404473207911383752007-09-19T11:03:00.000-07:002007-09-19T11:03:00.000-07:00Hollingsworth work is wonderful . I think photogra...Hollingsworth work is wonderful . I think photography has been accepted as artwork - but then, what is art anyway. The tools are different but the knowl;edge to shoot well and the eye to express is different than mere recroding.<BR/><BR/>Billions of people move around with cameras of any size and shape but there are very few who can create an image that sticks in the mind.<BR/><BR/>Much of any art is persistent and it takes a lot of it to become a great photographer and I don't mean learning how to use a camera, learning light, learning compostion. Those things become transparent to the photographer just as the brush and paint become transparent to the painter. They both choose by intinct, by being able to see through the reality in front of them to the hear to what they want to express.<BR/><BR/>For me, it is getting up before light and standing or walkjing alone through familiar places until what i came for was there. I may not have know what i came for - but when I see it, I know.<BR/><BR/>It could be spending 12 hours with a bunch of flowers and reflectors and water until my arm and head ache and then, something happens - and at that moment, I see something I may never see again. It's a moment or a a look or a light or a color or a flow or a surprise that i won't be able to define for days or even months and may be years.<BR/><BR/>Art isn't about anyone else except the artist. If we are lucky enough to have others enjoy and be taken away by it, that's great and if we are fortunate to sell something, even nicer. Bust art is the experience of the artist and I happen to be a photographer and can't trace my hands with a pencil and draw wierd looking stick horses and people. I've see sunrises and sunsets that made me cry and those are moments that touched me and have touched others - at least they said so.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3754250514777488789.post-40499197057046940212007-09-19T09:06:00.000-07:002007-09-19T09:06:00.000-07:00Thank you for posting Neil Hollingsworth's artwork...Thank you for posting Neil Hollingsworth's artwork. I've just discovered his art this spring, and he has already become one of my favorite artist.<BR/><BR/>I enjoy you blog very much, great job!Alvin Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15124959252092788130noreply@blogger.com