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shindell-list-digest     Monday, November 19 2012     Volume 12 : Number 227



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  Re: [RS] Take it to the limit?                          [rongrittz@aol.com]

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Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2012 13:04:18 -0500 (EST)
From: rongrittz@aol.com
Subject: Re: [RS] Take it to the limit?

>> I feel that most artist have a finite amount of symphonies, master
paintings, prose, poetry, etc. in their soul and if they live long enough, the
soul can run dry. <<
I also kinda disagree with this.  I do agree with the oft-heard complaint (I
first heard it from Cheryl Wheeler, I think) that you have your entire life to
come up with your first work, and then you're expected to crank out similarly
impressive work every two or three years for the rest of your life.  I don't
think it's a matter of there being a finite amount of art, although I do
believe there may be a finite amount of interest, energy and enthusiasm to
continue to crank out quality work . . . or in some cases, ANY work.
I know several artists who just go the paint-by-numbers route and just release
the same album over and over again.  I won't name any names, but there are
artists who I used to WORSHIP from whom I haven't bought a CD in YEARS.
That's equally frustrating.
So, until there's new Richard work, I'll just be satisfied that there's a
catalog of classic Richard work.


RG

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