tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7131844.post2258925842514626624..comments2024-02-28T19:37:14.696+01:00Comments on moments of perfect clarity: an eye-openerjulochkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10884096685015570257noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7131844.post-71582551217560866422009-03-25T22:39:00.000+01:002009-03-25T22:39:00.000+01:00Wow, this sure reminds me why I stopped being very...Wow, this sure reminds me why I stopped being very much involved in non-profit associations, because for odd reasons there seem to be more nasty than nice people drawn to such organisations. It's really strange since one should think that a passionate interest and semi-common grounds should bring out a positive and helpful atmosphere... People are just plain weird.Pia Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16519694952785489099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7131844.post-90145629777360233452009-03-16T19:17:00.000+01:002009-03-16T19:17:00.000+01:00Ewww. This description got me all squirmy and feel...Ewww. This description got me all squirmy and feeling badly for you and all of the other people who came to the meeting with good intentions and wanting to share and be supportive. If a community of artists can't get behind each other (no matter what the country is) then I'm with Bee, start a splinter group.<BR/><BR/>And I would say this even before I had gone to the Anarchist Book Fair.<BR/><BR/>ps. Why did you have to iron your hair? Is that more Danish looking?<BR/>pss. The eyeball fixation is getting worse, isn't it? ;-)<BR/>ppss: My word verification word is maspati, which sounds (to me) like a Vespa made out of marzipan.tangobabyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01288974184200212536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7131844.post-89873094656865733372009-03-16T18:14:00.000+01:002009-03-16T18:14:00.000+01:00I was fascinated by your description of this meeti...I was fascinated by your description of this meeting. That officious woman sounds atrocious. Was it her idea to form the organization? Why did she think that she had the right to dominate?<BR/><BR/>Maybe you should form a splinter group, J.Beehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02375981493145612394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7131844.post-53341635483865875342009-03-16T16:10:00.000+01:002009-03-16T16:10:00.000+01:00Love the accompanying illustrations.So artists are...Love the accompanying illustrations.<BR/><BR/>So artists are really just people, too? Well, that's a drag.<BR/><BR/>(And this was preferable to--what was that again?--longitudinal bulkheads?)Gwenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12526629366170486737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7131844.post-57861521816769461532009-03-16T07:58:00.000+01:002009-03-16T07:58:00.000+01:00Bill--i'm not sure myself why i didn't leave and i...Bill--i'm not sure myself why i didn't leave and i expected something much more open and free. one of the reasons for the by-laws and such is that if you are an official group--with all that bureaucracy--you can apply for state funds, so i think that's why they're doing all of that. clearly tho', some of these people are pretty into all that stuff. i guess in the end i stayed because i was transfixed in the face of the culture.<BR/><BR/>beth--yay!! i'll stop by later today!<BR/><BR/>jules--clearly a power-hungry person (which surprised me big time)<BR/><BR/>debi--they have been provided with this blog address, but i haven't named names. in the unlikely event anyone concerned is interested in anything outside themselves, i decided it would do them good to read this. i'm certainly not going to allow myself to be silenced by a couple of righteous danish women.<BR/><BR/>B--my sentiments exactly (tho' i didn't realize it was funny, since it didn't really feel that funny in the middle of it) on the notion of the art route and other potentially good things the group will do. i guess that's why i stayed.<BR/><BR/>char--it can really only get better, eh?julochkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10884096685015570257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7131844.post-50987137094936316812009-03-16T00:29:00.000+01:002009-03-16T00:29:00.000+01:00ugh - I really dislike whiners like that so I defi...ugh - I really dislike whiners like that so I definitely would have been turned off by that. I hope you will have better experiences in the group.Charhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03851293154388793520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7131844.post-49441001489434839592009-03-16T00:10:00.000+01:002009-03-16T00:10:00.000+01:00You really had me laughing out loud with your desc...You really had me laughing out loud with your description of the meeting! :) Shame about the nazi and all the rules, but there seem to be good ideas coming from the group, I'd love to visit artist's studios around here, so I'm sure you'd enjoy it!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04371082850268120153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7131844.post-28170112499984015402009-03-16T00:08:00.000+01:002009-03-16T00:08:00.000+01:00Goodness. This sounds like my friend Lulu's descr...Goodness. This sounds like my friend Lulu's description of faculty meetings at every university she's taught at. (Terrible grammar, I know, but I can't figure out another way to say it.) I've always assumed it was just an academic thing.<BR/><BR/>I'm with Bill - no way would I have stayed. I hope this gets better as you go along. Good luck!<BR/><BR/>Do they know about this blog? :) <BR/><BR/>Debid smith kaich joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13450581639610967780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7131844.post-3762304944962943652009-03-16T00:02:00.000+01:002009-03-16T00:02:00.000+01:00Sad, our art community is so diverse here (i plan ...Sad, our art community is so diverse here (i plan on blogging about it this summer) but I know the "art gallery" can be pretty uppity and rule forcing. watch out when you give a power hungry person a little power (or in this case they just take it) ...Just Juleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09842126422147340390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7131844.post-57462597471486800002009-03-15T23:13:00.000+01:002009-03-15T23:13:00.000+01:00you won...in my little give-away!!stop by and get ...you won...in my little give-away!!<BR/>stop by and get your prize :)bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11094533582512917616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7131844.post-25717692485576843332009-03-15T22:54:00.000+01:002009-03-15T22:54:00.000+01:00Wow. I can't imagine such a meeting. I probably...Wow. I can't imagine such a meeting. I probably would've walked in the first 10 minutes.<BR/><BR/>I've been around a lot of artists and craftsmen - both fine arts and commercial art types - and, other than a woodworking guild composed of amateurs, I don't think I've met more than a few who would join an artist' group - especially one composed of formal meetings, by-laws and such.<BR/><BR/>An artist collective to share gallery space is more common - but when it comes to rules and who brings the juice and snacks - the people I've met would die laughing.willhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15590217997145761582noreply@blogger.com