JohnFerrier
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(No one is like Slackjaw. It's a persona Knipfel creates.) How about writing for a local publication?
Good luck.
Good luck.
Originally Posted by granodemostasa I'm a black knight |
Originally Posted by Jahn Major in english, read like a monster in terms of critiques, themes, etc - pick up a New York Times Magazine or a New Yorker once in a while to get a feel for book reviews- Then become a Critic. You won't have to come up with your own ideas, yet you can have your own set of ideas to use as "tools" to critique the ideas of others. You can work for an Editor so the Obeying Orders thing is covered. And the best thing is, you can be reactionary for the rest of your career and be paid for it! Whoopee! Don't worry, if you like anime, you can critique anime. If you like TV shows, be a TV show critic for Entertainment Weekly. Basically, any interest you have, you can be a critic for. If you like headphones, then heck, start reviewing some stuff here or read reviews and get a feel for it. Hey, for some folks it's a living! |
Originally Posted by blip Ahh critics get a bum rap. First of all to be a critic (in the modern sense of the word) does not mean that you have to hate everything but simply that you are willing to articulate your feelings about it. Without people willing to critique the works of others art becomes a solitary enterprise with little external interaction. Artists evolve in relationship to their publics and to the critism or praise of their publics. A critic is simply someone who is willing to strengthen this relationship through public discourse. The line between observer and the observed thus becomes less clear, less deterministic. The critic too generates the common language of art. They are the authors of the lexicon of artistic periodization and terminology. While they don't always do a good job, this function makes it far easier to talk about artists in a comparative sense. Further, many artists are at their core critics themselves. How many artistic movements are essentially critiques of what existed before. Thus the figure of the critic is a laudable one. Of course this is not a defense of professional criticism just a defense of critics themselves... yet in a hyper-mediated, hyper-specialized culture it seems likely that professional criticism serves many of these same, rather crucial, functions. So I'd say that becoming a critic is a pretty decent idea... We could probably use more GOOD critics out there. Hard job to get though. |
Originally Posted by Quado Oh, but I only really need the money for audio equipment.... What did you think?! LOL |
Originally Posted by Quado Oh, but I only really need the money for audio equipment.... What did you think?! LOL |
Originally Posted by blip Diaper Cleaner. Turkey artificial insemination technician. (Damn you Man Show, you've corrupted me!) |