RE: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] Library sculpture

[Jonathan King <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

On Fri, 6 Sep 2002, Ross, Matt wrote:

> > > Hookers and Coke at least would have some use. A sculpture 
> > doesn't do much
> > > of anything.
> > 
> > Phillistine. :-)
> 
> Why does everybody hate the Phillistines?  I'm sure they had their share of
> art, or what passed for art at the time.

Well, the winners write the histories, and they said the 
Phillistines had no class. :-)  Or, more likely, they had art that 
other people thought wasn't very good-looking.  Or something...
 
> > > I don't blame the library for spending a donation for what it
> > > was donated for but it annoys me that someone would donate that
> > > much money for something so useless.
> > 
> > I'd guess they donated the money because the possibility that great 
> > public art would soon be seen in Columbia excited them, and that 
> > they thought it would bring them and others pleasure.  Not every 
> > piece of art is a masterpiece, of course; there is some risk.  It 
> > may turn out that nobody will think very much of these sculptures 
> > now or even in the future.  That would be sad, but I can't say that 
> > I'm annoyed that somebody tried to do *something*.
> 
> He's not annoyed that they tried, he's annoyed that they failed ;-)

Actually, I think he really was annoyed because they spent so much 
money on *sculpture*, which he thought could be gotten more cheaply.
And which was kind of high risk, of course.
 
> > > A quarter of a million dollars could buy a lot of books, feed a
> > > lot of people, etc. At my current rate of income that's about as
> > > much money as I'll make in 50 years. :P
> > 
> > So, Michael: are you handy with steel-working tools?  Word on the
> > street is that public sculpture is the fast ticket to a more
> > comfortable life. :-)
> 
> Michael and a blowtorch, are you sure you're comfortable with
> that mental image??

As long as they have some kind of "Michael is in the county" 
notification system working. :-)

jking


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