Comments on: Hugh Macleod wonders why “more prominent” bloggers aren’t in the arts http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20060827/3720/ Technology, music, video, art, news, reviews and muse on the web Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:37:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2 By: PJ http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20060827/3720/#comment-290690 PJ Mon, 28 Aug 2006 15:32:16 +0000 http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20060827/3720/#comment-290690 There are some artists that aim to be popular, or aim at what is popular. And Andy Warhol was known for that: Pop(ular) art. He made prints of popular things. He liked catastrophes and celebrities. But as Andy Warhol himself loved to say: So what? There are other artists that focus on other things that have more merit than popularity for the sake of popularity. Speaking of Andy Warhol, there's the "Andy Warhol Foundation Arts Writers' Grant Program" that will give grants to writers for "experiments in new media". For some, "prominent" blogging is about traffic. Look up the most searched for terms in Google and blog around those keywords. So what? Traffic is easy to get if you want it. Is that real prominence? As for Stephen King, he makes more money selling ebooks than he could ever make blogging. But William Gibson has a blog. And what the hell does Seth Godin know about the history of screen printing? The artists are coming? That's funny. Artists like myself were online "blogging" in the 1980's before anyone called it blogging. This would be a good start: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ansi_art There are some artists that aim to be popular, or aim at what is popular. And Andy Warhol was known for that: Pop(ular) art. He made prints of popular things. He liked catastrophes and celebrities. But as Andy Warhol himself loved to say: So what? There are other artists that focus on other things that have more merit than popularity for the sake of popularity.

Speaking of Andy Warhol, there’s the “Andy Warhol Foundation Arts Writers’ Grant Program” that will give grants to writers for “experiments in new media”.

For some, “prominent” blogging is about traffic. Look up the most searched for terms in Google and blog around those keywords. So what? Traffic is easy to get if you want it. Is that real prominence?

As for Stephen King, he makes more money selling ebooks than he could ever make blogging. But William Gibson has a blog.

And what the hell does Seth Godin know about the history of screen printing? The artists are coming? That’s funny. Artists like myself were online “blogging” in the 1980’s before anyone called it blogging. This would be a good start: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ansi_art

]]> By: Hugh MacLeod http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20060827/3720/#comment-290567 Hugh MacLeod Mon, 28 Aug 2006 09:23:41 +0000 http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20060827/3720/#comment-290567 Apple vs Windows. gapingvoid vs Blaugh ;-) Apple vs Windows. gapingvoid vs Blaugh ;-)

]]> By: Life On the Wicked Stage: Act 2 http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20060827/3720/#comment-290381 Life On the Wicked Stage: Act 2 Sun, 27 Aug 2006 16:15:23 +0000 http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20060827/3720/#comment-290381 <strong>Bloggers And The Arts: A Gaping Void?</strong> One of my favorite cartoonists is Hugh MacLeod, who pens The Gaping Void (there is a widget in the left column of this blog that runs his cartoons.) Hugh wonders in a blog conversation with Seth Godin, is quite surprised Bloggers And The Arts: A Gaping Void?

One of my favorite cartoonists is Hugh MacLeod, who pens The Gaping Void (there is a widget in the left column of this blog that runs his cartoons.) Hugh wonders in a blog conversation with Seth Godin, is quite surprised

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