Comments on: The week in coma-inducing artspeak. http://c-monster.net/blog1/2008/04/07/the-week-in-coma-inducing-artspeak/ Where High Gets Low. Tue, 22 May 2012 12:03:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Accessible Art Criticism is a Canard http://c-monster.net/blog1/2008/04/07/the-week-in-coma-inducing-artspeak/comment-page-1/#comment-3439 Accessible Art Criticism is a Canard Fri, 18 Apr 2008 01:03:50 +0000 http://c-monster.net/blog1/2008/04/07/the-week-in-coma-inducing-artspeak/#comment-3439 [...] C-Monster, who I think I have a little secret platonic crush on, told everyone to get a grip because it is levity that we’re lacking, it’s the BLOGOSPHERE after all….duh! [...] [...] C-Monster, who I think I have a little secret platonic crush on, told everyone to get a grip because it is levity that we’re lacking, it’s the BLOGOSPHERE after all….duh! [...]

]]> By: C-Monster http://c-monster.net/blog1/2008/04/07/the-week-in-coma-inducing-artspeak/comment-page-1/#comment-2863 C-Monster Thu, 10 Apr 2008 19:49:13 +0000 http://c-monster.net/blog1/2008/04/07/the-week-in-coma-inducing-artspeak/#comment-2863 with such a weak dollar, it likely is ten dollars! with such a weak dollar, it likely is ten dollars!

]]> By: ruthk http://c-monster.net/blog1/2008/04/07/the-week-in-coma-inducing-artspeak/comment-page-1/#comment-2862 ruthk Thu, 10 Apr 2008 19:32:02 +0000 http://c-monster.net/blog1/2008/04/07/the-week-in-coma-inducing-artspeak/#comment-2862 "smart arguments and smart points aren’t made any smarter when they’re buried in 25-cent words…" Hmmm, are you being anti-intellectual, or anti-anti-intellectual? I think ... that you mean "25-cent word" to be a word that's too big? But I thought the expression was "10 dollar word." But big or small, the words are not to blame!! "Problematize" and "stasis" and "referencing" are all very fine words. Bad writing is to blame. “smart arguments and smart points aren’t made any smarter when they’re buried in 25-cent words…”

Hmmm, are you being anti-intellectual, or anti-anti-intellectual? I think … that you mean “25-cent word” to be a word that’s too big? But I thought the expression was “10 dollar word.”

But big or small, the words are not to blame!! “Problematize” and “stasis” and “referencing” are all very fine words. Bad writing is to blame.

]]> By: C-Monster http://c-monster.net/blog1/2008/04/07/the-week-in-coma-inducing-artspeak/comment-page-1/#comment-2857 C-Monster Thu, 10 Apr 2008 18:27:35 +0000 http://c-monster.net/blog1/2008/04/07/the-week-in-coma-inducing-artspeak/#comment-2857 that's a bummer... it's that kind of attitude that furthers this nonsense. smart arguments and smart points aren't made any smarter when they're buried in 25-cent words... that’s a bummer… it’s that kind of attitude that furthers this nonsense. smart arguments and smart points aren’t made any smarter when they’re buried in 25-cent words…

]]> By: Scooter http://c-monster.net/blog1/2008/04/07/the-week-in-coma-inducing-artspeak/comment-page-1/#comment-2847 Scooter Thu, 10 Apr 2008 15:42:34 +0000 http://c-monster.net/blog1/2008/04/07/the-week-in-coma-inducing-artspeak/#comment-2847 At the same time, part of the problem is us. A well-known art critic -- a dude perfectly capable of getting across strong ideas in grabby prose -- once told me he included art jargon in his work because otherwise, the readership wouldn't take it seriously. That is, if the writing wasn't *daunting* as well as intelligent, the folks who read art criticism wouldn't feel they're being talked to on a high-enough level. Sez he, anyway. At the same time, part of the problem is us. A well-known art critic — a dude perfectly capable of getting across strong ideas in grabby prose — once told me he included art jargon in his work because otherwise, the readership wouldn’t take it seriously. That is, if the writing wasn’t *daunting* as well as intelligent, the folks who read art criticism wouldn’t feel they’re being talked to on a high-enough level. Sez he, anyway.

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