tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4623525397710953881.post3509153365250594110..comments2023-06-12T07:18:12.607-04:00Comments on Liz Davidson / Artist Notebook: Trials and QuestionsLiz Davidson / Artist Notebookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02751895300168082933noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4623525397710953881.post-29662437920186769552012-02-21T17:49:26.572-05:002012-02-21T17:49:26.572-05:00Hi everybody, first of all thanks so much for all ...Hi everybody, first of all thanks so much for all your comments, it's really great to get so much feedback and sorry not to be able to respond sooner, a teaching day. <br /><br />Jennifer, thanks, you said exactly what my gut feeling was, top photo OK, the grid ones not so, so hard to see beyond the seductiveness of the new, in this case, filter.<br /><br />Noela, Thanks , especially for" if it feels comfortable to you". These made me feel very uncomfortable {which actually I often think is good for an artist, except I don't usually like it} but I couldn't figure out whether it was new work discomfort or bad work discomfort. Wish my body would writ me very clear notes.<br /><br />Thanks Rosie, that was certainly one of my discomforts, old teachings, assumptions and unstated but implicit idea about what art is/was/will be from collage days. <br /><br />Simon, thanks, love the weakly emotional, sounds like the victorian woman having the vapors, it's the word that is so loaded, and like Altoon I looked it up in various dictionaries and thesaurus, it's the manipulative part I loathe., but it's the word that came to mind when I did these tulips and hence all the questioning.<br /><br />Thanks again Altoon, after reading your list the word is much clearer to me, here in Quebec there is a great French expression "kitten", says it allLiz Davidson / Artist Notebookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02751895300168082933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4623525397710953881.post-33274825402192378812012-02-21T13:45:26.943-05:002012-02-21T13:45:26.943-05:00Liz, the sentimental bothers me in all work. It is...Liz, the sentimental bothers me in all work. It is a negative quality and here's an online dictionary definition that catches it nicely: "mawkish, overemotional, cloying, sickly, saccharine, sugary, oversweet; romantic, touching; informal slushy, mushy, weepy, tear-jerking, schmaltzy, lovey-dovey, gooey, drippy, cheesy, corny, cornball, sappy, hokey." And I would add, playing on the heart strings in an obvious manner.Altoon Sultanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16743040814034732581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4623525397710953881.post-70948191261692292092012-02-21T10:56:03.486-05:002012-02-21T10:56:03.486-05:00hi Liz I think that the sentimental is seen as bei...hi Liz I think that the sentimental is seen as being rooted in the weakly emotional and as an artist isn't it part of our raison d'etre to look at the real and how we interact with reality ? also the sentimental has been so over used in the mass media (films t.v. books etc) in such a way that it has become something that is schmaltzy and almost not meaning what it once did, it seems to me that it is very difficult to do a sentimental piece without it seeming lame, the unfiltered tulip looks great, it makes me think of decay and the fine line of life (but that may be my own personal weirdness lol )simon lillynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4623525397710953881.post-35108466585402400552012-02-21T10:21:22.336-05:002012-02-21T10:21:22.336-05:00On my degree course sentiment is an absolute no no...On my degree course sentiment is an absolute no no!! I made some collagraphs last year based on a image of my mother alone on the beach - I had this same dilemma - lone figure in the landscape = sentiment etc etc... It's such a difficult one isn't it? For me it is being too involved with the subject matter rather than taking a more detached universal stance and finding the essence of what I want to say - this is the hard part of being an artist and not one that the general public tend to understand - especially the 'I could do that' brigade! Personally I loved the simplicity of the tulip imagesRosieKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02337670107926923777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4623525397710953881.post-72426922473313308232012-02-21T08:49:25.890-05:002012-02-21T08:49:25.890-05:00Hi Liz, for me the difference between sentiment an...Hi Liz, for me the difference between sentiment and honest expression is like the age old argument about craft V art. You are an artist - you express your craft as an artist - there is no doubt that if it feels comfortable to you as an artist, it will be right - use whatever tools you have at your disposal to enhance your artistc expression xoxxoxoNoela Millshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14474975263132770651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4623525397710953881.post-69657638488693118422012-02-21T07:17:32.984-05:002012-02-21T07:17:32.984-05:00I loved the first/top tulip photo the other day. R...I loved the first/top tulip photo the other day. Really just saw it as b/w with a bit of a misty look. The rest, however, were...well...sentimental as you say. <br /><br />At the time, I wondered why the filter had been applied (don't know its name) because to me your photos don't need such a treatment. And, I hate to admit, that once viewed, the filter demanded my attention rather than the tulips. <br /><br />Don't know if that helps. Hope it does. Enjoy, JenniferJenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10927317459104273331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4623525397710953881.post-34715859474985478212012-02-21T07:12:58.607-05:002012-02-21T07:12:58.607-05:00Thanks Altoon, it's the to easy, to sweet that...Thanks Altoon, it's the to easy, to sweet that bothers me, I miss the challange of finding things out for myself when I work with my photos, why does sentimtental bother you in your work? Not that that is a word I would ever apply to it.Liz Davidson / Artist Notebookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02751895300168082933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4623525397710953881.post-43662387223085978482012-02-21T07:00:15.804-05:002012-02-21T07:00:15.804-05:00The sentimental makes me very uncomfortable for my...The sentimental makes me very uncomfortable for my own work, so my question is do you like the result? I thought your tulip images were lovely, but if I put a different set of glasses on, I could say that the softly blurred edges are too easy an expression, too sweet. I suppose you'll have to keep working with the filter and see if you like the images it produces.Altoon Sultanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16743040814034732581noreply@blogger.com