tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8205011361740478772.post999158425316730159..comments2024-01-22T00:39:34.849-08:00Comments on melissa shook: The Sound of snow shovels....melissashookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02398008713376655570noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8205011361740478772.post-50533226928449553112011-02-19T13:33:50.767-08:002011-02-19T13:33:50.767-08:00thank you so much Marylinn...I was slopping around...thank you so much Marylinn...I was slopping around, thinking about the way I'd divided a certain type of work (that which might be shown in galleries) from community work that I've always done (interviews for a newspaper printed by homeless people...a video for a very small cable TV station.)<br />I'm glad you jumped off and thought about your own work...sorting different ideas out. thank youmelissashookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02398008713376655570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8205011361740478772.post-58804636460065881242011-02-05T09:42:21.376-08:002011-02-05T09:42:21.376-08:00My son works at an art college in Pasadena and has...My son works at an art college in Pasadena and has been to a number of home-showings by colleagues, video, photography, painting. I don't know if this even touches your question, but I know these, too, are serious artists who wish for their work to be seen. Perhaps because I have been looking at the obstacles to my own process rather than jumping in and letting things sort themselves out, I am in a place where it seems so many answers are missing. It has become uncomfortable for me to give the questions so much power. Now I have to figure out what is the next step. (if this is miles off topic, I apologize...it is where I jumped from your post)Marylinn Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02759437467691163658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8205011361740478772.post-47438499351460408742011-02-02T09:48:31.522-08:002011-02-02T09:48:31.522-08:00thank you so much, Susan and Mim....I appreciate y...thank you so much, Susan and Mim....I appreciate your time and thought and energy...<br />my worry is whether 'grassroots' work, done for community television is the same as 'my work' which, I have to say, doesn't really get a showing!!! which is the basic laugh of the whole thing, these serious things that doesn't get shown...<br /> again, thank you......melissashookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02398008713376655570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8205011361740478772.post-80293734285970752242011-02-02T07:03:41.930-08:002011-02-02T07:03:41.930-08:00Ditto! Your work is not decorative, as Susan says...Ditto! Your work is not decorative, as Susan says, but it is beautiful. Since I've seen one of your videos, I believe this one on the Empty Spoolers will be a strong piece of work.Mimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13039776441665375475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8205011361740478772.post-43288634762383831852011-02-02T01:20:56.463-08:002011-02-02T01:20:56.463-08:00so nice to have this thoughtful glimpse into your ...so nice to have this thoughtful glimpse into your world, melissa. i love how you think about work; your drive to be productive, your yearning to make joyful art. so much of your work is joyful. it's about life as it is lived. what you dont do is make decorative art. but that's not your world.<br />i think about this, your approach to life & art, every time i pass the photograph of yours that i own, in my hallway, of you & krissy musing about having a 'collecting' hobby & the two of you finally deciding your hobby could be collecting snapshots of people's mussed-up room service trays stuck outside their hotel room in the hotel corridor...well, there you have it. art, but not decorative art. thank god. xxoosusan t. landryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12454487318141469849noreply@blogger.com