Comments on: On Tour… http://debussypiano.com/blog/2006/05/22/on-tour/ Blog for Pianist and Video Artist Anthony Tobin Thu, 24 Feb 2011 12:43:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Gary Powell http://debussypiano.com/blog/2006/05/22/on-tour/comment-page-1/#comment-9 Gary Powell Tue, 30 May 2006 10:52:13 +0000 http://debussypiano.com/blog/2006/05/22/on-tour/#comment-9 Tony, historically, humans have tended to use institutions to interpret life FOR them. Between wars and inquisitions, we all know how well that turned out. I have always considered artists as better interpreters than governments or religions. When I went to the new Blanton Museum in Austin last week, I had a bit of insight from this art which spanned some 600 years. Art was not the absolute answer to existence, but the absolute question. The absolute answer is always going to win a bigger audience than the absolute question. Add in the celebrity-driven-drivel masquerading as art into the mix and it's pretty easy to understand smaller audiences for art which actually asks something from its audience. So, mush forward bravely with all your work. Your discipline and insight will hopefully enrich both you and your audiences reagardless of size. And besides that, Eurythmy is cool! My best to you. --- Gary Powell Tony, historically, humans have tended to use institutions to interpret life FOR them. Between wars and inquisitions, we all know how well that turned out. I have always considered artists as better interpreters than governments or religions. When I went to the new Blanton Museum in Austin last week, I had a bit of insight from this art which spanned some 600 years. Art was not the absolute answer to existence, but the absolute question.

The absolute answer is always going to win a bigger audience than the absolute question. Add in the celebrity-driven-drivel masquerading as art into the mix and it’s pretty easy to understand smaller audiences for art which actually asks something from its audience.

So, mush forward bravely with all your work. Your discipline and insight will hopefully enrich both you and your audiences reagardless of size. And besides that, Eurythmy is cool!

My best to you. — Gary Powell

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