Comments on Commenting from Ann

Hi, everyone. First off I'd like to say that Margaret is right (and will make a wonderful teacher). You learn tons reading what we all have to say. Jordon, many people think of their houses as works of art. You are right- why can't objects and structures be considered art? Fritz Hemans spends a lot of time on architecture in Survey I of art history, but I don't think buildings have to be ancient to work as art. Adrean, thanks for the web site info on the 4-yr old artist. I have sent it to my daughter who paints in a similar style. Marla's art is wonderul and so exuberant. A lot of people have made comments about any 4-yr old painting anything that doesn't look perfectly representational. For many of us, we can't get out the Baroque era visually. Marla is like a cheerful Jackson Pollock, but as Royce will tell you, when most people try to replicate his work, they can't get the same resulsts and most attempts look like colored splotches of spaghetti- it's hard. You have to really know how to draw to imitate the Cubists as well. About the term prodigy- it's easier to say than an extremely talented young person with lots of potential. I hope she will keep painting because she loves it and not to make her parents or art gallery happy.

Now, about the Journal . . . I too connected with Martin Wilner and his subway series of faces, partly because I identift with having two strong interests, in my case, art and music. When singing an aria, I approach the performance aspect by being a vehicle that brings life to the music or composer's vision. I try to become someone else, the character or the notes- anything to get away from myself (my way of handling stage fright, I guess). But no matter what, I expose a lot of my inner self in the process. When I create my own art, it also is a personal statement, but for some reason, I don't feel as vulnerable and I wonder if it is partly because with art, I create in my personal space, at least mentally, but with a live performance the creative process happens in front of others, warts and all. Anyway, I loved the accordian version of the faces Wilner created and I now notice that one of his drawings appears on the cover of our book