Paul Herman on sun 23 mar 03
Greetings All,
Oh my, Oh my, have you seen the Oscars?
There is no holding this thing down, ClayArtors.
Mel, thank you for your wisdom and caring, thank you ClayArt for
generosity and companionship. Thank you Vince for standing up for Free
Speach. Thank you Michael Moore.
Peace, Love, etc.....
Paul Herman
Great Basin Pottery
423-725 Scott Road
Doyle, California 96109 US
potter@psln.com
Sue Leabu on mon 24 mar 03
Interesting, the Oscars.
Michael Moore was very vocal. Yet, he was not the only actor/celebrity who
communicated their position. Seeing the peace dove pins also spoke the
wearer's view without having to say a word, albeit a different form of
commuication, but communication nonetheless. No message was lost here, even
though not a word was spoken.
Thing is, I agree with Michael Moore. Having lived most of my life in
Michigan and having many friends and family among the GM autoworkers, he is
almost legendary. Yet, I don't agree with him using the venue of a
celebration of art created as his personal political pulpit. Michael Moore
has many avenues of having his voice heard. He can write and be published,
he can do the talk shows, he can make movies. His free speech is not
restricted at all.
I guess what it reminds me of is that old Byrd's song, "Turn! Turn! Turn!"
There is a time and a place for everything, but everything everywhere
always just leads to chaos and confusion, people turning off, tuning out,
etc.
I respect Michael Moore's opinion, and also his right to see things the way
he does. I think his message often gets lost in his desire to be policital
always. Sometimes the message gets lost in the presentation. I sometimes
wonder if being controversial has become more important to him than
actually communicating his ideas and affecting change. Don't know, but do
wonder.
Sue in Kalamazoo, MI
On Sun, 23 Mar 2003 22:30:07 -0800, Paul Herman wrote:
>Greetings All,
>
>Oh my, Oh my, have you seen the Oscars?
>
>There is no holding this thing down, ClayArtors.
>
>Mel, thank you for your wisdom and caring, thank you ClayArt for
>generosity and companionship. Thank you Vince for standing up for Free
>Speach. Thank you Michael Moore.
>
>Peace, Love, etc.....
>
>Paul Herman
>Great Basin Pottery
>423-725 Scott Road
>Doyle, California 96109 US
>potter@psln.com
>
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Lois Ruben Aronow on mon 24 mar 03
>I guess what it reminds me of is that old Byrd's song, "Turn! Turn! =
Turn!"
>There is a time and a place for everything, but everything everywhere
>always just leads to chaos and confusion, people turning off, tuning =
out,
>etc.
But it ultimately gets him loads of press, which is exactly the point
he is going for. In every paper today there was mention of his
speech. More mentions in fact than most major oscar winners got.
There is an old adage that there is no such thing as bad publicity. =20
Agree or disagree with him, EVERYBODY in the country heard about it,
with his name, spelled correctly, attached to it.
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http://www.loisaronow.com=20
Lee Love on tue 25 mar 03
Drove to Kasama on the other side of the mountains, (where the original
Mashiko potters came from) and bought metal for the frame of my woodkiln at a
big home building store. I had the choice of white or black painted metal.
At first, I thought:
"White is a litte 'Foo-Foo' and black is 'masucline.' I don't want
no 'Foo-foo' frame on my kiln." :^)
Then I thought again. I thought about how it always bothered me that
the new "Stealth" bombers and fighter planes are painted black. They've even
painted the old B52s black. Black like the "bad guys." Black to hide like a
cloaked Klingon Warbird. Black like Darth Vaders spaceship. I then said
to myself:
"I'll choose the color of the Enterprise, and the color of the Space
Shuttles and the Apollo rockets. Maybe the world needs to be a little more
"Foo-foo."
--
Lee In Mashiko Ikiru@hachiko.com
.
"With Humans it's what's here (he points to his heart) that makes the
difference.
If you don't have it in the heart, nothing you make will make a
difference."
~~Bernard Leach~~
(As told to Dean Schwarz)
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