tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post3240744502441889517..comments2024-03-27T15:47:46.091-05:00Comments on Pastoral Meanderings: Taste or SensePastor Petershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10653554256101480140noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-41073347744457819332009-08-20T15:34:09.723-05:002009-08-20T15:34:09.723-05:00My point was less in terms of art, which was a lea...My point was less in terms of art, which was a lead in, but in how not all is a matter of taste but a matter of our best for His glory... not what fits the moment... the only real art I was mentioning were some pretty bad vestments. I may take up art itself in another column... Veith's words are always instructive and right on...Pastor Petershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10653554256101480140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-84869964287882525872009-08-20T13:35:10.042-05:002009-08-20T13:35:10.042-05:00Pastor,
Thanks. I didn't like the gadget man...Pastor,<br /><br />Thanks. I didn't like the gadget man, either.<br /><br />However, I might take up the modern art issue. Certainly pop culture vestments, liturgies and confessions should be relegated to the round file. Abstract (which is what I am assuming you intend by modern) Art is not 'what kind of fries do you like?' But more like do you prefer Moscato D'Oro or Cabernet Saugivnon? <br /><br />No, actually it's more complicated than that. It's not a matter of taste, but of what you said; it's in the 'getting it.' <br /><br />Some things are just more difficult to understand. It's not in whether we like or dislike a medium, but whether we understand it. I know this is difficult for many people, but so is nuclear science. <br /><br />That nuclear science is not a matter of taste, but of learning. I'm not trying to chide anyone, but to encourage people to understand, or at least make the attempt.<br /><br />Even if people don't understand the work, they can usually contact the artist (in this techno-age) and ask for an exlanation. If they're (artist) not living in the clouds, they'll likely talk to you.<br /><br />All this is not to say there is not BAD Modern Art. There are plenty of inadequate artists, plenty of anti-Christian artists, plenty of wanna-be artists cranking out bad art. The key is not to dismiss all art and artists because they don't paint/draw/sculpt representationally (realism), but to endeavor to understand. Otherwise, we might not have Leonardo's work, or Michangelo's. Though they are representational, they were modern at one time. Visual art is in many ways comparable to the musical arts.<br /><br />Read Gene Veith's STATE OF THE ARTS and one can get a flavor of what the artist is up against. If you'd like a shorter read, try ART FOR GOD'S SAKE by Philip Graham Ryken.<br /><br />Sorry for the long comment, but I confess I'm sensitive about the Fine Arts.Janis Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02947508427040251166noreply@blogger.com