Lee Love on wed 20 dec 06
On 12/20/06, Randall Moody wrote:
> Think how boring a world with only strict functionalism would be. The Borg
> from Star Trek come to mind.
There is beauty within the functional. The Borg is a
representation of utility with no aesthetic sense. The Borg is a
metaphor for todays world of plastic, stainless steel and glass. The
world that protects us from nature and the environment.
>Also, to remove the "art" from ceramics or any
> craftsman based media is to reduce the craftsman to being nothing more than
> a machining device.
Exactly. Work does not have to loose function or be made
dsyfunctional to be true to art.
>If you do this then the craftsperson becomes useless,
> since machines can make the strictly functional ware more efficiently.
Expansively functional is liberal. It minds the heart and reveals
the human touch.
> Replace the artistic with strict functionalism and you get a machine-made
> cup from WalMart or a styrofoam cup.
Replace functional with strict art and you end up with
knicknacks, decoration and investment objects.
A Korean Ido tea bowl is ceramics at its highest level and
is the equal of any oil painting or sculpture. It doesn't loose
anything, just because you can make tea in it.
--
Lee in Mashiko, Japan
Minneapolis, Minnesota USA
http://potters.blogspot.com/
"Let the beauty we love be what we do." - Rumi
"When we all do better. We ALL do better." -Paul Wellstone
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