[Jewelry making - Article 01017] - Re: [Orchid] Predjudice against copper materials?

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    people, in an effort to cut short what could be a month long
    exchange of opinions, impressions, observations, definitions, &
    someone's second cousin's interpretations of true art after watching
    nearly all of sister wendy's series, here is the penultimate plus
    one word on ART: 

    i finally tracked down ART in a little sidewalk bistro in south
    miami. ART was incognito and not happy to have been recognized, but
    after i offered to spring for the lunch ART mellowed a little,
    shrugged and said "what the heck, it looks like this conundrum isn't
    going to be put to bed (eyebrow wiggle & flick of invisible cigar
    ash) until i do it. so here's my take on me (ART):  

    "i am any effort, in any medium, on any surface - including just
    ears, eyeballs, brain, and/or heart or gut - that gives pleasure to
    anyone - that's ANYONE - seeing, hearing, touching, feeling through
    the soles of the feet or by canceling anyone's pain for one brief
    period of time. i try not to be a harlot by just selling myself to a
    high bidder, but if that bidder gets pleasure from me instead of
    just buying me as an investment - then i'm still ART. i have no
    medium preference, no rigid genre, no authoritatively recognized age
    or time limitations. i am -  just me. 

    "i did not exist until the first crude society gave a few artists
    the freedom to create something beyond hunting, defending,
    gathering, reproducing and finding shelter. the first puff of
    pigment blown from the artist's mouth around his hand onto a cave
    wall was ART. 

    "those inflated detractors, self-crowned demigods, genre gurus,
    trend benders, and 'important style-setters' do not bother me - they
    amuse me with their declaration that without them i would not exist
    when it they who would be reduced to writing weekly nasty,
    opinionated letters to the editor were it not for me giving them a
    locus for their expression." 

    at this point ART gave a sharp whistle for the dessert trolley
    waiter and made his selections. with his spoon hovering above the
    first creme fraiche covered creation ART looked up, grinned and
    closed the subject with "and all those gnats who use my name in
    vain; analyze me into endless ennui; grind out their own insipid
    interpretations & inflict them on poor students as 'the final word';
    blather on about  nonexistent acquaintanceships with me - tell 'em
    all that ART keeps a LIST." 

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