Sam or Mary Yancy on fri 8 oct 04
This issue made the San Francisco Chronical newspaper on this Friday. Sam from Daly City. P.S I can't comment as miost of my e-mails have spelling errrrrors.
John Jensen wrote:Mr. Lewing;
Thanks for the reply. For myself, I think spelling mistakes are
unacceptable or barely so in an E-mail. I'm just a little bit of a
fanatic about that; so I would be extremely upset if I submitted a work
with misspelled words, and would doubtlessly make the corrections at my
own expense. In fact, I have had to make such corrections in the past.
What I want to consider is the possibility that a person might be
forgiven for overlooking some such errors...that it is something that
might easily happen, particularly to someone who has devoted their life
to visual arts and may be not really comfortable with words. I wanted
to offer a slight countervailing opinion. I'm all in favor of
craftsmanship, including spelling; but I do see how one might become
blind to one's spelling errors. Interesting that the artist had the
work on hand for two years and no-one saw the mistakes. Reading the
artists rational about her mistakes, I felt an urge to say, "Bullshit."
Even so, I don't want to be quick to be on the criticism bandwagon. So
I guess I must say, I wasn't joking; but have reservations about my
position.
As far as the discussion on money is concerned, it seems we agree.
The mural was circular...16 feet in diameter. Or so I read.
John Jensen, Mudbug Pottery
John Jensen@mudbugpottery.com
http://www.toadhouse.com www://www.mudbugpottery.com
Surely you're joking, Mr. Jensen! One is too many on a job like that.
There's no excuse for that
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