tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1324184304367023797.post7461374722058600923..comments2023-10-17T05:41:41.681-04:00Comments on Katharine A. Cartwright Studio: The PyramidAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11037549177881696434noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1324184304367023797.post-88414469327767049572011-03-01T17:27:03.122-05:002011-03-01T17:27:03.122-05:00Hi, Kathy. Just time to comment on the personal no...Hi, Kathy. Just time to comment on the personal note. You are one strong woman -- moving and hubby recovering, and throw in a bit of snow shoveling with camping out in your soon-to-be former home. I am happy that you are mentally creating.Mary Paquethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05847021818957221109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1324184304367023797.post-23191234568968896432011-03-01T07:42:02.661-05:002011-03-01T07:42:02.661-05:00Hi Kathy, Like Don, I am still following but have ...Hi Kathy, Like Don, I am still following but have been distracted (between vacation and computer problems) and I am a bit behind in my reading. I hope you complete your move hassle free with good health shared by all and look forward to your blogging from your new location and home. I have to say, on quick glance, the Kandinksy painting featured with this post looked like it was one of your Laws of Nature paintings!Robinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05473234128433916311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1324184304367023797.post-74521904091589235242011-03-01T01:54:50.008-05:002011-03-01T01:54:50.008-05:00Kathy, I'm still following along, but find it ...Kathy, I'm still following along, but find it really hard to get involved in this conversation. Sorry.<br /><br />I hope things get settled for you and your husband soon. Being in limbo is a really discombobulating experience, but it sounds like you're holding up. I have a feeling that once you get settled you're going to be ON FIRE in the studio.<br /><br />-Don-Donhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17549962962379079880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1324184304367023797.post-51840894356488071902011-02-27T21:44:54.520-05:002011-02-27T21:44:54.520-05:00Kathy, didn't you know that when you whisper e...Kathy, didn't you know that when you whisper everyone hears you? :)<br /><br />I wish you and your husband well. What an adventure (adventures can of course have very unpleasant aspects). I'll bet you can't wait until it's over, and that you and your husband will always remember this transition.<br /><br />I've said it before, but I am fascinated with the way music, art, writing, in this technical age, are all 0's and 1's - all aspects of creativity, all the same really. <br /><br />Stealing from "Art and Fear" again, genius in any creative endeavor cannot fully manifest without effort, and effort can sometimes trump "genius". And genius in the arts is often a description ascribed after effort and success anyway, not recognized beforehand - which begs the question whether it is sometimes just a label arising from the result of effort and success.Dan Kenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13130079803891606515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1324184304367023797.post-73736035067769725392011-02-27T20:42:59.452-05:002011-02-27T20:42:59.452-05:00The comments on your last post were great; I just ...The comments on your last post were great; I just re-read them. I'm following.<br /><br />Whenever I've lived the simple life (mattress on the floor during remodeling or moving) I've hated going back to the life with all the "stuff." I hope all goes well.hw (hallie) farberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11636182620056350811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1324184304367023797.post-5815918226316761502011-02-27T11:38:02.420-05:002011-02-27T11:38:02.420-05:00My sympathies for having no art supplies around an...My sympathies for having no art supplies around and snow piled high on the walks. Making art has been a godsend this abominable winter.<br /><br />Today, painting is concerned with anything and everything. It's wide open for artists. Anything goes. I like that. It's very American. Equal opportunity for free expression, our first amendment. Then I like pursuing artistic excellence in execution using only the best materials--sound chemistry used in production.Linda Rothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02833417183469551153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1324184304367023797.post-66091415928309941372011-02-27T10:35:00.945-05:002011-02-27T10:35:00.945-05:00Ugh. I am keeping you two in my thoughts. I know...Ugh. I am keeping you two in my thoughts. I know the way it is when you've had a surgery and it is a matter of time (usually a long period) of recovery. Well wishes to you and hubby.<br /><br />I never thought about the aspects of american artists being resistant to a hierarchical system, such as what WK puts forth in his essay. I think you are right on with that, and your comments have given us a community resource here. So cool.<br /><br />Americans (and many others, but I'll speak to my own culture) love a winner, and they love talent in people. They like to see it as the reward for good, hard work. They admire if the talent is "natural," but I think most will agree that talent needs effort.<br /><br />I don't know why artists aren't held to the same office/esteem here as they are in Europe. Italy, for instance, loves artists. I know there is some lethargy about that nowadays even there, but in general I think that statement is correct. <br /><br />I just watched a video interview of the other WK - Wolf Kahn. He said that one great thing for him was the way Hans Hoffman (German cum American) imbued a sense of higher purpose/position to artists. I'll post that interview at my blog soon - it is on YT.<br /><br />Anyway, it is what it is. Artists are a funny lot in the USA and they often shoot themselves in the foot. In my own growth, I am having fun watching my reputation grow with time, moreso if and as my work improves. I'd like to be the guy on the top of the pyramid, and I'd wish for all present company the same. In some ways, we are. Look at the high pulpit we occupy in internetville.Casey Klahnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08020906666248399435noreply@blogger.com