I posted this on another thread but perhaps because I'm grumpy this morning or maybe because I am a megalomaniac who wants to impose my views on others I am going to post it again in the hope that as many as possible read it.
Ok this may turn in to a bit of an essay but I want to get a few things off my chest.
I have a great job. It gives me a hell of a lot of intellectual stimulation and provides plenty of interesting challenges and rewards. But it is not what you might call creative in any way.
For my fix of creativity I look to art. I love art because for me it provokes thought, it makes me smile, sometimes it makes me love, often it moves me, it makes me laugh out loud occasionally, it can make me incredibly sad. In short I love art because it provokes feelings and reactions in me that I do not get in my job. I love art for the same reasons I love literature and films etc.
I do not love art because of money. The value of the art I have in some ways worries me. I worry about insurance. I worry about having a print up in my office which I know is worth the best part of a grand. I worry about acid and moisture and all the things we talk about. It saddens me greatly when you see Moffla's amazing collection on Wall Candy but you know that he doesn't any longer have it displayed in his home because of its value.
Also the value concerns me because it costs so bloody much to buy the art that I like. So that means that most of the time I have to decide not to buy it or to buy something else.
I'm not naive though. I can't afford to be. I've pretty much resolved that any art I buy now has to be funded by selling something else. That concentrates the mind I can tell you
I joined this board to talk to like minded people about the art that I love. And I really enjoy being on this board and would venture to say that I have made some friends
I did not join this board to discuss the stock market, the housing market, the strength of the pound etc etc. It seems to me that there are some people now posting on this board whose only contribution is to discuss these things.
I am not saying the stock market and economy are not important I am just saying that they do not interest me. I don't really want to talk about them constantly. I want to talk about the things that interest me - art, books, films, football, cricket.
So a little plea from me. The next time you are tempted to post something about the stock market please go off and post it on one of the forums dedicated to such things. And leave us to discuss the art. Please.
