From: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org (JMDL Digest) To: joni-digest@smoe.org Subject: JMDL Digest V2014 #615 Reply-To: joni@smoe.org Sender: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk Unsubscribe:mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe Website:http://jonimitchell.com JMDL Digest Monday, May 5 2014 Volume 2014 : Number 615 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Re: CMIARS a masterwork? ["David J. Phillips" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 05 May 2014 09:22:56 -0400 From: "David J. Phillips" Subject: Re: CMIARS a masterwork? My online dictionary says "In modern English the word is usually reserved for the best piece of work of a particular creative artist or craftsman." If we go with that definition, I can't imagine that CMiaRS qualifies. djp, following up his own post, for god's sake. On 05/05/14 09:1727, David J. Phillips wrote: > Just to be pedantic, isn't (or wasn't) a masterwork the single piece > that proved one was no longer an apprentice (and, in another system of > craft production, could set up shop on one's own, and take on apprentices)? > > So perhaps Song to a Seagull is Mitchell's masterwork, or Court and > Spark. Certainly nothing later. > > djp > > > On 05/05/14 08:5018, Bob.Muller@Fluor.com wrote: >> I just don't think it's fair to label something as a masterwork 'just >> because' one says so. >> >> You can refer to Citizen Kane, Rhapsody In Blue, The Mona Lisa, Gone With >> The Wind, The Sistine Chapel, To Kill A Mockingbird as masterworks and >> nobody would bat an eye because they are recognized as such over time. I >> think it dilutes the meaning of the word to put CMIARS in that category. >> >> Bob >> >> NP: Sinead O'Connor, "Nothing Compares To You" >> >> >> >> From: Jamie Zubairi Home >> To: ingrid lochrenberg, >> Cc: Joni JMDL >> Date: 05/05/2014 08:32 AM >> Subject: Re: CMIARS >> Sent by: owner-joni@smoe.org >> >> >> >> Or even "the work of a master" >> On 5 May 2014 13:13, "ingrid lochrenberg" wrote: >> >>> Something can be regarded by a person as a masterwork based solely on >> it's >>> impact....with no criteria or intellectualization in-mind. >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------ >> The information transmitted is intended only for the person >> or entity to which it is addressed and may contain >> proprietary, business-confidential and/or privileged material. >> If you are not the intended recipient of this message you are >> hereby notified that any use, review, retransmission, dissemination, >> distribution, reproduction or any action taken in reliance upon >> this message is prohibited. If you received this in error, please >> contact the sender and delete the material from any computer. >> >> Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual >> sender and may not necessarily reflect the views of the company. >> ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------ End of JMDL Digest V2014 #615 ***************************** ------- To post messages to the list,sendtojoni@smoe.org. Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe -------