Lee Love on mon 27 sep 04
mel jacobson wrote:
> well, to end this, mr. uchida always told me this:
> we all copy, it is in our nature to look and see, and
> take what we love most and put it in our work.
> smart people copy great work, the work of old masters.
> dumb folks copy cliche. over and over and over.
There is one you don't mention: copying ourselves. What often happens
when we find some success in what we do, instead of continuing the
exploration, we copy what worked for us. Even if we are copying
ourselves, we are still making a copy.　Except we don't seem to mind so
much, because we are copying what we think is ours.
On the other hand, a good copy is better than a bad original. Which
reminds me of a story:
Shimaoka Sensei pointed out to MacKenzie, a Korean Yi bowl in a glass
case at the Hamada reference museum, while he was showing MacKenzie
through the museum. He said, "I have one just like it. I had Hamada over
to see it, and when he saw it, he said, `I have one just like it. But an
expert looked at it and told me it was a copy.' after a pause Hamada
added, ` But I don't mind. Because I can not tell the difference.'"
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Hank Murrow on mon 27 sep 04
On Sep 27, 2004, at 6:35 AM, Lee Love wrote:
>
> There is one you don't mention: copying ourselves. What often happens
> when we find some success in what we do, instead of continuing the
> exploration, we copy what worked for us. Even if we are copying
> ourselves, we are still making a copy.=E3=80=80Except we don't seem to =
mind so
> much, because we are copying what we think is ours.
Good story, Lee;
And reminds me of one of Picasso, who was visited by a dealer one day=20
while he was working an a small painting. The dealer asked him to=20
authenticate a drawing, and left after Picasso did so. Months later,=20
the dealer arrived with a painting to authenticate, and Picassso said,=20=
"That's a fake". The dealer protested, saying, "But Master, I saw you=20
working on this painting when I was last here in your atelier!"
Picasso simply said, "I often paint fakes".
Cheers to everyone on this fall day,
Hank from Eugene
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Lee Love on tue 28 sep 04
Hank Murrow wrote:
>
> Picasso simply said, "I often paint fakes".
That's a good one too. This genius knew his limits!
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Hank Murrow on tue 28 sep 04
On Sep 28, 2004, at 4:21 AM, Lee Love wrote:
>>
>> Picasso simply said, "I often paint fakes".
>
> That's a good one too. This genius knew his limits!
Another word from Picasso.........after climbing out of the cave at
Lascaux, "We have invented nothing!"
Both Picasso stories were used in a lecture my wife gave at Anderson
Ranch in '71 called "Where Art Comes From", and included this from
Charlie Chaplin. He was asked by a reporter, "Where do your ideas come
from?"
Chaplin answered, "From an intense desire to have them!"
Cheers, Hank in Eugene
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