tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1156494110777480496.post7853493283867316093..comments2023-07-15T05:41:38.037-07:00Comments on I Hate to Alarm You...: Maybe Some Navel Gazing Is Necessarynicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13137232787099056824noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1156494110777480496.post-33136421955145145182012-04-28T18:25:30.434-07:002012-04-28T18:25:30.434-07:00Nicole, thanks for posting this. I enjoyed Saltz&...Nicole, thanks for posting this. I enjoyed Saltz's article, especially, "Kinkade was willing to go the full Warhol."Carrie Enzlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14547092142042494139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1156494110777480496.post-26974928865269441472012-04-28T14:15:46.465-07:002012-04-28T14:15:46.465-07:00so most people are detached from themselves? I'...so most people are detached from themselves? I've heard that somewhere...<br />Now, how to re-attach? Real Art, etc? Maybe less TV?... We could go real deep with this one ;)from Katie-https://www.blogger.com/profile/13389599146621586179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1156494110777480496.post-18164506116566234192012-04-28T06:14:35.502-07:002012-04-28T06:14:35.502-07:00pardon me -- "too"pardon me -- "too"nicolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13137232787099056824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1156494110777480496.post-4458582587634224892012-04-28T06:12:44.998-07:002012-04-28T06:12:44.998-07:00Hi Katie,
Thanks for your thoughts. His work cert...Hi Katie,<br /><br />Thanks for your thoughts. His work certainly has been overwhelmingly popular if you gauge admiration based on his sales record. I also think I understand what you mean in saying that people just want some serenity and beauty in their lives. (Who doesn't, right?)<br />I think Saltz's point though is that his work is not actually getting near anyone's core. In other words, Kinkade's work is like a very blurry photograph of a photograph of a photograph of something. So the people who love it, want to experience the general feelings serenity, etc. without having to think to deeply about them/get to close to the raw experience of beauty or peace.<br />While I'm uncomfortable preaching about what someone chooses to hang on their wall, I see his point. I do think that if people have a need or a desire for a kind of superficial experience of beauty, etc., illustration is there to do the job, and is not pretending to be other than what it is. So I think it boils down to an authenticity issue.<br />Nicolenicolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13137232787099056824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1156494110777480496.post-46927899029588597742012-04-28T04:25:22.542-07:002012-04-28T04:25:22.542-07:00Hey Nicole!
I don't like kinkades work, but th...Hey Nicole!<br />I don't like kinkades work, but the fact that so many people do is interesting- and that he knew he was tapping into other people's emotional core, rather than the subject's. Does that make sense? Is that art? People want some serenity and beauty in their lives, the kind tey can relate to.Katiehttp://www.bethesdamom.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com