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August 30, 2005
What do you want for breakfast?
You can do anything, you just have to face the consequences, say The Wise. And of course it’s true. In art, today, especially.
But if you can do anything you still have to do something. And to do something, you have to choose what and you have to chose from the whole scope of anything. And that’s a difficult choice, there’s a lot to chose from.
I always maintain that it is easier to chose when the limitations are narrow. “Do you want bacon and eggs for breakfast or toast and marmalade?” A relatively easy choice, made easily with little fuss. “We’ve got everything, what do you want for breakfast?” Much more difficult.
So when painting had its rules, religious icons and portraiture, it was relatively easy to get going in the morning. But today, when absolutely anything is art, where do you start?
You go to the café and have a toasted teacake for breakfast, that’s where.
Posted by john at August 30, 2005 09:56 AM