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Originally posted by Yesspaz
Just one more piece of evidence that prog listeners are probably of a different personality than non-prog listeners.
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Does the fact then that I like Prog AND Jazz AND Classical AND.......... make me schizophrenic? I hope not!
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Originally posted by progdirjim
One more thought on the "positive" versus "negative" thing - I think it is INTENSITY of feeling that generates creativity - and it may be that negative feelings are more often classified as intense than positive ones. That's why people associate negative experiences with being artistic inspiration moreso than positive experiences. But, as several people have already illustrated, strong positive emotions can be very artistically inspiring as well.
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Yes absolutely! INTENSITY of feeling is a huge factor in the creative process. If I feel intense about something that has inspired me, the words just flow but more thought is required when the intensity factor is lower. Also, and this is probably more to do with my personality than anything else, the best things I have written (other peoples judgement not my own) have all come from times of positive inspiration. This brings another factor into the equation, Personality.
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Originally posted by prythm
1) A person who does not know the craft can enjoy and/or appreciate the piece as much as someone in the know.
2) Knowledge of the craft brings about a different appreciation and enjoyment of the piece (painting, song, poem)
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I've taken the liberty of switching these paragraphs around as I think they need to be taken in this order.
1) Totally agree with you. You do NOT have to understand the finer points of the work to appreciate or like it.
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2) If you do look deeper into the circumstances behind and the technique used in the creation of the piece you can gain even more from it. The example I used of my studies JMW Turner's paintings demonstrates this. I always liked a lot of his work but knowing more about his technique and the stories behind the creation of works such as "Turnip pickers at Slough" or "Peace: Burial at sea" just enhances my enjoyment of them. You can use the same knowledge and apply it to many other artists as well.
I'm not advertising here but if any of you come to London and take a couple of my walks around the city I'm sure I could show you things that don't appear in any guide book and which unless they were pointed out you may miss. I hope that that would ENHANCE your enjoyment of visiting this city.
Excellent thread.
I'm off to the Dream Theater fans forum now to get the same discussion going.
