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Wednesday, September 05, 2012
On art and morality
"Art, like morality, consists of drawing the line somewhere."
G.K. Chesterton
Which begs the question: where do YOU draw the line?
You can't be afraid to draw the line in your picture! Creating Art is something new n yet undiscovered, n most often, a happy accident!
Morally, there is a fine line between porn n nudity, which may be to what he's referring... I have clay modeled alot of nude figures, but they weren't doing scandalous actions. Is that drawing an ethical line? perhaps.
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I draw the line when I know I have given it my all...and if I don't my integrity will be destroyed.
ReplyDeleteWell that depends on if I'm drawing stick people or houses! :)
ReplyDeleteI crop the picture...drawing a line is harder to undo.
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You can't be afraid to draw the line in your picture! Creating Art is something new n yet undiscovered, n most often, a happy accident!
ReplyDeleteMorally, there is a fine line between porn n nudity, which may be to what he's referring... I have clay modeled alot of nude figures, but they weren't doing scandalous actions. Is that drawing an ethical line? perhaps.
I think I draw the line where I said I would, before I was in the middle of the situation.
ReplyDeleteAlso, for the record - I love G.K. Chesterton. I marvel at his use of words, and howl at his wit.