Sunday, October 12, 2008

Equal "props" to Old Masters and Young Geniuses

Some may mistakenly glance at this blog as unproductive griping or uncritical complaining. That would signal a sad failure on my part; a failure to be quick to highlight solutions and positive strides, as they emerge.

From PRI's To the Best of Our Knowledge:
Are you an experimental innovator who works by trial and error and is most creative later in life, like Cezanne? Or are you a conceptual young genius like Picasso. In this hour of To the Best of Our Knowledge we'll explore the theory of economics professor David Galenson that those are [at least] two life cycles of artistic creativity. Also British singer/songwriter Nick Lowe. He's been making music since the 1960's but many critics say he's doing his best work right now. And we'll meet Oscar-nominated Millard Kaufman. He's just published his first novel at the age of 90. [Finally,] Amy Gorman is the author of "Aging Artfully," a book with 12 profiles of visual and performing women artists between the ages of 85 and 105 (listen now).


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