On Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:33:26 -0200, nemesis wrote:

> Jim Henderson escreveu:
>> The only thing is that it hasn't turned me into Da Vinci or
>> Michaelangelo yet. ;-)
> 
> Those guys had none of such babysitting techs around and yet provided
> much richer art than most of today's art.  Our buildings are geometric
> and flat, our art abstract and noisy, our music all but drums, screams
> and noise.  Much better tools, much worse artists.  Some say limitations
> are an advantage for creativity and I tend to agree.  A blank sheet
> staring at me is an invitation to expression (as is a blinking cursor
> :).

That's an interesting perspective - and one I would tend to agree with.  
There are a few rare gems in modern society, but I do wonder historically 
how many artists there were who never "floated to the top" and were just 
mediocre.

Jim

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