Taylor, in Rockport TX on tue 31 jan 06
Hey Lee:
You need to give it a rest.
I'm glad that somewhere along the way you learned what a straw man is.
Fantastic stuff, real insightful. Now go back and read the very first
sentence of Lili's post. If you need help with your Latin, ask Lili. I
don't have any.
"*Haha!* Bauhaus or the outhouse huh Lily?" <----THIS is what you wrote,
Lee. If you are going to accuse people of careless reading, you damn
better be less sloppy in your writing. How the hell Lili was supposed to
get "Meaning: are creative expressions outside of [your] particular focus
of no validity to [you]?" is quite beyond me.
And what the hell does that have to do with Lili's one and only point:The
notion that studio ceramics were just getting started in America in the
1950s is an incorrect statement. You might have some very good points,
but you never seem to articulate them well the first go around.
The Smithsonian letters are interesting. I doubt that Hamada's definition
or Janet's definition of "studio pottery" will be relevant now looking
back.
I have only begone the most cursory of research on Taxile Doat, a name
Lili mentioned in defence of her point, but some may find this
interesting. Edward G. Lewis, a publisher of women's magazines and an
amateur potter had begun "The People's University," a correspondence
university for the women who sold Lewis's magazines. Now THAT is
interesting in itself, but a division of that university was the art
school and pottery in University City, Missouri. Robineau was already a
well known ceramicist (whatever) when Lewis corresponded with her. She
began her work in 1900. Lewis and Robineau convinced Doat to come to
America to help with the school and pottery.
Wow, some interesting things going on as early as 1909. Imagine a
correspondence course and thousands of women nation wide making pots in
their closets. Oh wait, that's a couple of current clayarters. Sorry. I
think Lili's insistance in revisiting what we think we know about 'studio
pottery' in America has great merit. A little skepticism of long held
views regarding ceramic history in America is healthy I think.
On with the hunt!
Taylor, in Rockport, TX
On Tue, 31 Jan 2006 23:40:45 +0900, Lee Love wrote:
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>This is folly to make people say things just to make a phony argument
>Or, if you really didn't understand: It really is incredible that people
>don't know how to read.
>
>I asked Lili if it was "Bauhaus or the outhouse" for her.
...
>The Smithsonian collection of papers by artists is pretty amazing.
>
>Check out their digital collection here:
>
>http://archivesofamericanart.si.edu/collections/digitalcollections/
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