On Wed, 22 Dec 2010, Collin Oldham wrote:
Thank you for also caring about my comment. What I mean by "unsympathetic criticism," is criticism that comes from a point of view of not liking the thing that is being criticized. Some people need a little courage to receive that kind. I don't know if your point of view is sympathetic in this case, but if it's not, well of course that's perfectly valid too.
Well, yes and no, I don't like that the work doesn't seem to be connecting the topic of the input data to the musical experience, but I like that artists attempt to talk about online censorship and politics.
The point that I thought was worth trying to make is that artists should not let fear of criticism preempt their creative impulses.
That's something that they're supposed to have learned early in their BFA and/or MFA degrees, if they went that route. Otherwise, they have to learn it anyway.
P.S. sorry I misspelled your name, Mathieu.
Consider yourself lucky to not have to get the pronunciation right ;)
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