> To resist another's point of view is to be inattentive.
- good point.
> > Including your re-peated 'hints' that people do what they do because
> > they don't have enough grants / don't spend enough time 'making art'.
That's pretty far afield from any viewpoint I might have. I largely don't
believe in the whole 'Grant' mentality, as I've applied for few and gotten
only one small one, and the making of art has nothing to do with 'time' per
se, this is some other traditional 'art' viewpoint being read in here, not
mine.
> > Judgementalism en masse is not being inattentive, it's shooting
> > your head off.
Consider the above.
>>Wasn't it Duchamp who said, the only thing that is not art
> > is inattention?
And many Roshis of my acqaintance.
> > Not that Duchamp saying it makes its value, but the man was quite
'right'.
Sometimes inattention can be very useful, and can be artful as well.
inattention
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On Tue, 17 Sep 2002, Patrick Lichty wrote:
>
> > To resist another's point of view is to be inattentive.
>
> - good point.
Not at all: it's meaningless.
I've already addressed this: listening and attention is not about
swallowing shit.
> That's pretty far afield from any viewpoint I might have. I largely don't
> believe in the whole 'Grant' mentality, as I've applied for few and gotten
> only one small one, and the making of art has nothing to do with 'time' per
> se, this is some other traditional 'art' viewpoint being read in here, not
> mine.
Shrug. You said that people engage in flame-wars because they lack
grants (on thingist). I'm not going to go dig it out though.
> > > Judgementalism en masse is not being inattentive, it's shooting
> > > your head off.
>
> Consider the above.
I have. A statement is not a judgement. Spare me your facile
lexical juggling.
> Sometimes inattention can be very useful, and can be artful as well.
You clearly lack understanding of the word 'attention'–
because it can't. You're confusing lack of thinking (at base)
and what people call 'daily consciousness' with attention.