[MD] The Tao of Quality - Verse 1

[MarshaV]

Hi Dan,

On Mar 18, 2013, at 11:05 PM, Dan Glover <daneglover at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dan:
> I thought the bit about the table on which he had re-glued the veneer and
> tied with string to hold it in place was telling. He jokingly told DeWeese
> it was his latest sculpture and DeWeese studied it a long time before
> asking him how he learned to do it. He thought DeWeese was just continuing
> the joke until he realized he was serious.
> 
> What does that say about the artist recognizing art? If we are told
> something is art, is it necessarily so? It would seem to me an artist would
> be the first to realize something wasn't art but perhaps on account of
> their proclivity in that direction they are blind to classical rationality
> in a sense.

Marsha:
Or might it be that an artist identifies art as an activity or process rather than a label on the final product.  Perhaps DeWeese was trying to relate to the process.  That would be his perspective, would it not?  
 
 
Marsha