-Dear Deborah;
I am truly slightly puzzled by your question.
Do you have to be a "good person " to be an "artist"?
And if so, would it matter?
Surely not. In some people's eyes many great artists have been bad people.
Per contra to be "good" is neither a necessary or a sufficient condition of being anything of an "artist".
Its so in sport also.
So the media fuss about whether TS Eliot was "anti-semitic" or whether Zidane's head-butt diminished his artistry as a footballer are simply category-mistakes, No?
Is this too simplistic?
David
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Sent: Sun, 4 Feb 2007 07:17:31 -0500
From: Steve Taylor <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Artists
> I would think that an artist might want to work with organizations because
> they could potentially have influence in the organization. Certainly here
> in the USA, I think businesses are one of the most dominant forces in our
> lives and it might be a way to reach people/audience that would otherwise
> not ever see your art.
>
> I don't know that all artists are good people, but I am sure you are a good
> person, Deborah (and I miss you).
>
> - Steve
>
>
> On 2/4/07 5:36 AM, "Deborah Jones" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > Dear fellow aacorners
> >
> >
> > Iım curious - apart form the financial incentives, why do you think artists
> > choose to work with business, organisations and 'leadership'?
> >
> > ...and if someone's an artist, is she a good person?
> >
> >
> >
> > With best wishes
> > Deborah Jones
> > (artist)
> >
>
>
> Steven S. Taylor, PhD
> Assistant Professor
> Worcester Polytechnic Institute
> Department of Management
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> Worcester, MA 01609
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