tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7178492708028054752.post5311163500003432665..comments2019-09-13T08:19:10.183-07:00Comments on Quest for Art - LazyEye Photography - Fashion and Glamour: Would I quit?LazyEyehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12306254035010661458noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7178492708028054752.post-43078002528830007312011-04-03T15:37:44.300-07:002011-04-03T15:37:44.300-07:00Wow! Mark, that is an incredible offering you'...Wow! Mark, that is an incredible offering you've put forth there. Astoundingly insightful, and well considered. I deeply appreciate your sharing this perspective, and I'm sure anyone who reads this post will benefit all the more for having read your contribution. Many thanks.LazyEyehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12306254035010661458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7178492708028054752.post-11447612478479108962011-04-02T10:15:40.349-07:002011-04-02T10:15:40.349-07:00Great post. From reading your other posts, I feel...Great post. From reading your other posts, I feel like we're kindred spirits in many ways. You present some interesting questions, not only from the women you've dated, but also in the deeper aspects of your art. I deliberately avoided using the word photography.<br /><br />Your art is a representation of yourself. You're aware of your motivations, you're on a quest for discovery; a quest that could very well be lifelong. When you speak to your interests about your art, you have to represent it fully. It's part of who you are. You can't expect everyone to embrace what you do, or even grasp your artistic drive. There are many aspects to your art that you don't grasp, and that's okay. You do it and you derive fulfillment from it. <br /><br />The problem / beauty with art is that not everyone gets it. We all interpret art differently. To your interests, they see it as a threat, and as something completely unacceptable. You see it as an appreciation of women in their very essence. You recognize and appreciate the woman and her beauty as art. If you were using it as a guise to manipulate and exploit them then it wouldn't be art. There is a very distinct line. That's not to say that thoughts of what could be, or what we would like to be, don't enter our minds. But, that's a line we try our best to avoid crossing. <br /><br />The other point of this is your art subjects. Your subjects are willing participants. They want to be viewed as art. Many work hard to achieve the right look, the right pose, and the right allure. Why? Because women want to be desired, even if that desire is manifested in the form of fantasy. It doesn't even have to go that far. It's as immediate as the camera that's being focused on them. <br /><br />Would you give up your art for love? You'd be giving up part of yourself if you did that. If your love respects you, the things that defines you, and your art, then she will support you. She will also trust that you will be as thoughtful and careful about your love as you are about your art, if not more. <br /><br />What I'm saying is that you cannot and should not apologize or compromise your art (or anything about yourself) to calm someone's insecurities. It will first begin with art, then it will become something else, and inevitably you will find yourself compromising yourself. Trust me, I've done it all. It's not worth it. What you do with your art, and who you do it with are no more of a risk than whom you may encounter in your work life, or anywhere in between.<br /><br />Your art is part of who you are. It can't be exchanged to satisfy another's interest as say a piece of furniture.Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02713921197423762286noreply@blogger.com