Jim Charter wrote:

> IMBJR wrote:
> 
>> Please understand that I do not care if my work is taken seriously or
>> not. I am not here to earn trust. The work merely stands as it does -
>> as an expression of my mind.
> 
> Then why show it at all?
> 
> I thought that Shay's point about establishing trust was quite far 
> reaching and filled in piece of the puzzle for me that I couldn't quite 
> get to in my own mind.  In short, it helped me further define what the 
> symbiosis is between an expressive act and the community which it must 
> take place within to have any meaning.  This given our mutual stance 
> that private assemblies must be free to establish their own standards 
> for individual freedom internally.
> 
> No I don't think that a 'work' without an audience can stand on its own. 
>  And if you don't engage the community that forms your audience in a 
> genuine way, you don't really have an audience.

I'm starting to think IMBJR's communication with the group is actually 
part of the artistic expression itself.

-- 
Respectfully,
Dan P
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