From: Natasha V. More (fka Nancie Clark) (flexeon@primenet.com)
Date: Sat Mar 15 1997 - 18:58:20 MST
At 08:01 PM 3/14/97 +0000, Kathryn Aegis wrote:
>Natasha's comments in her post have highlighted my own discomfort
>with signing onto any art movement. If she chooses to utilize her
>artistic skills to further Extropianism,
Yes, I do.
>that is certainly a worthy
>goal and one that I support.
Thank you, Kathryn.
> But I could never accept such a close
>association between my personal philosophy and my art.
My reason for doing so is that my art does reflect who I am as well as my
values.
> My own
>family history, one marked by escape from various repressive
>homelands, serves as a constant reminder to be vigilent, even against
>my own internal tendencies to impose an ideology.
This is a really good point. What I like especially about Extropic Art is
that it is open-ended and not imposing. (Although flaunting entropy under
the guise of extropy would be an imposition, to be sure.)
>I know that my comments are not as erudite as Sarah's or George's,
You speak as an artist, and this is quality enough.
>but mine come from the center of passion that produces the actual art
>in question, and I would hope that they would be considered in that
>light.
Quality enough.
Natasha Vita More [fka Nancie Clark]
http://www.primenet.com/~flexeon
Extropic Art Manifesto!: http://www.primenet.com/~flexeon/extropic.htm
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