Dear Arthur,
I wonder what we'd think if Tolstoy said he'd spent the rest of his life
learning to write like a child?
Kind regards,
 grasshopper

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From: arthur seeley
Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2002 7:47 AM
Subject: Re: nw sub ...the wayfarer (David)/ Christina


Christina, I will go a long way down the road with you on this but I do feel
you and David are not really that far apart. Being told what is or is not
the right way to do something can be stultifying, anti-creative but on the
other hand don't you think that all the time you were at college you were
educating your hand and eye so that eventually you could create with
facility, in fact the act of realising what you conceive becomes easier
because of all the time spent educating hand and eye to co- ordinate. Also
there is understanding the limits and possibilities of your medium and tools
and materials, pushing them to new limits sure, exploring the rules
certainly, but always bound by them.
Don't you think Rhakmaninoff practiced his scales, ever?
Art cannot be taught, agreed. Facility and craft can be learned, natural
talent developed, honed, polished. Facility liberates the artistic talent.
" When I was 17 I could draw and paint better than any man in Europe. I
spent the rest of my life learning to paint and draw like a child." Pablo
Picasso. Regards Arthur.---- Original Message -----