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Durham Academy boys 3rd, girls 13th in NCISAA 3-A championship meets
GREENSBORO — Durham Academy's boys' swim team recorded what is believed to be its best N.C. Independent Schools Athletic Association finish in history Monday, taking third place in the state championship meet.
"This is easily the best showing we've had in my seven years as coach here," DA coach Gretchen Van De Carr said. "The records are kind of sketchy from before I got here, but as far as I know, this is the best we've ever done."
The Cavalier boys took sixth place last year and Van De Carr said it's remarkable how competitive the team is against programs with many more year-round swimmers.
"We've only got two year-round swimmers on the boys' team — Trey Harris and Nathan Greeley — and only an 8th grader who swims year-round on the girls' team," Van De Carr said.
DA junior Trey Harris, sophomore Nathan Greeley, sophomore James Grubbs and senior Matthew Attarian won the 200 fresstyle relay and came in second in the 200 medley relay. Harris and Greeley, DA's only two year-round swimmers on a squad of 25, did well in individual events as well. Harris was second in the 200 individual medley and 100 butterfly and Greeley was third in the 100 backstroke. Attarian took the team's other top three finished, placing second in the 50 freestyle.
The top three team finishers Monday were state 3-A champion Charlotte Latin with 286 points, runner-up Cary Academy (231) and DA (187.5).
In the girls' state meet, DA finished 13th with 66 points. Ravenscroft won the state title with 292, followed by Providence Day School (200) and Charlotte Latin (196).
Tournament roundup
DURHAM — Scoring summaries were not available in time for today's paper from several first-round tournament boys' and girls' basketball games, but some scores were reported.
In the Carolina 12 1-A boys' tournament, Franklin Academy beat Raleigh Charter 44-43 and will play at No. 1 seed Graham River Mill on Wednesday.
In Carolina 6 3-A girls' tournament action, No. 3 Southern Vance eliminated No. 6 Orange 63-40 and No. 4 Oxford Webb downed No. 5 Northern Vance 60-55.
Webb will play at No. 1 Chapel Hill in the semifinals Wednesday while Southern Vance will meet No. 2 Cardinal Gibbons.
In the C-12 1-A girls' tournament, No. 3 Raleigh Charter ended No. 6 N.C. Science & Math's season with a 38-21 win.
Carrboro 52, Durham School of the Arts 30
CARRBORO — No. 4 seed Carrboro ended No. 5 Durham School of the Arts' season Monday night as Diamond Tyson's 19 points led all scorers in the first round of the Carolina 12 2-A Tournament.
Carrboro (15-9, 9-2 C-12) moves on to play at No. 2 seed Cedar Ridge (16-8, 13-3) at 7:30 Wednesday in the C-12 semifinals.
Orange 54, Northern Vance 40
HILLSBOROUGH — Jalen Pittman posted 17 points to lead Orange past Northern Vance 54-40 in Monday's quarterfinals of the Carolina 6 3-A Tournament.
J.D. Brooks chipped in 11 points for the fourth-seeded Panthers (10-13), who will travel to No. 1 seed Chapel Hill for a Wednesday semifinal at 7:30 p.m.
Carrboro 52, Durham School of the Arts 30
Carolina 12 2-A Tournament
DURHAM SCHOOL OF THE ARTS — Ariel Wilson 18, Hayden Rigsbee 5, Sydney Harris 1, Crystal Clark 5, Angela Travers 1.
CARRBORO — Camille Gallagher 5, Kate Wood 5, Halle Knowles 9, Diamond Tyson 19, Nicole Davis 6, Lynette Mason 8.
Carrboro 13 14 14 11—52
3-point FG—DSA 4 (Wilson 4), Carrboro 1 (Knowles 1). Rebounds—DSA (Ariel Wilson 6, Tamara Hall 6, Jaida Henderson 6). Steals—DSA (Wilson 5). Blocked shots—DSA (Wilson 3).
Records—Durham School of the Arts 8-12, 5-12 C-12; Carrboro 15-9, 9-2 C-12.
Orange 54, Northern Vance 40
Carolina 6 3-A Tournament
NORTHERN VANCE — Kristopher Haywood 4, Darius Brandon 8, Kevin Moore 9, James Alexander 8, Scott Hamreck 6, Dy'quan Marrow 1, Montel Clark 3.
ORANGE — Jawan Chambers 5, Gerrell Satterwhite 5, Jalen Pittman 17, Sean Motley 8, Keegan Crabtree 7, J.D. Brooks 11, Eryk Dean 1.
No. Vance 7 7 11 15—40
Orange 15 7 23 9—54
3-point FG—Northern Vance 6 (Brandon 2, Moore 2, Hamreck 2); Orange 6 (Motley 2, Crabtree, Pittman, Chambers, Satterwhite). Rebounds—Orange 26 (Motley 5).
Records—Northern Vance 4-18, 1-9 Carolina 6; Orange 10-13, 4-6 C-6.


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The Obama administration has been bragging about the strength of the international coalition it has assembled against Iran and the "crippling sanctions" it has imposed on the Islamist regime. But the dirty little secret about the sanctions is they are riddled with loopholes. Not only has the Treasury Department issued thousands of exemptions to companies that wish to do business with Iran, but President Obama has also specifically granted permission to China and India to go on importing oil from it. Though the sanctions have caused pain to the ordinary Iranian, the government is still raking in more cash from oil sales than it did a decade ago before the sanctions took effect.
This gives some important context to the debate going on in Congress right now about the imposition of a new sanctions bill that takes aim at insurance companies that underwrite Iranian investments. The legislation is vital if a major loophole is to be closed that will make it even more difficult for Iran to conduct commerce. But lobbying from insurance companies that don't wish to have their businesses impeded are working against the bill. Even more seriously, as the Washington Free Beacon reports, they've got Majority Leader Harry Reid on their side.
Though the sanctions legislation is working its way through the House of Representatives, Reid and Tim Johnson (D-S.D.) are doing their best to weaken the bill to please insurance companies that are major donors to their campaigns. Combined with the continued reluctance of the Obama administration — which fought the sanctions that they now boast of to supporters of Israel — the odds of the legislation getting through both houses without being completely watered down are not good.
While previous sanctions bills that limited the ability of Iran's national bank to do business abroad were able to overcome the administration's efforts to stop it, the additional burden of having to deal with the influence of the insurance industry may be too much to beat. Reid and Johnson have actually already stopped a previous sanctions bill from including insurance companies. As the WFB's Adam Kredo notes, insurance lobbyists may even be able to count on some House Republicans to strip the bill of its teeth despite the support of the GOP leadership for the legislation.
Insurance companies are able to work on the sympathy of members of Congress not only because of their campaign donations but because they can claim they and their employees and investors will be hurt by the sanctions. That may be true, but if the embargo on Iran is not airtight, the attempt to convince Iran to give up its nuclear ambitions is hopeless. It may already be too late for sanctions to work, but isolating the terrorist-sponsoring Islamist state is a vital U.S. national interest. For the White House and leading members of the Senate to sabotage this measure while still claiming they are serious about Iran is not just hypocritical. It's a sign the Democrats are talking out of both sides of their mouths on this issue.


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Two weeks before the release of "Moneyball" last September, Oakland A's GM Billy Beane decided that he wouldn't have anything to say about the film. That decision led to speculation that Beane was "uncomfortable being cast as a genius at a time when the standings tell such a different story."
While Beane later disputed that theory ("Billy is not the kind of guy who is looking for fame," A's owner Lew Wolff explained), you can't blame A's fans for speculating: the 2011 version of Beane's A's were in the midst of a failed season, and would finish well back of both the Rangers and Angels in the American League West.
But what's astonishing about the 2011 A's is that they were actually typical of how Beane does business. He builds a team around young pitching, waits for it to mature, harvests the benefits in the form of temporary appearances in the playoffs and then — just when the players he's developed are about to make big bucks — he trades them away and starts again. It's a standard practice for many small market teams, but Beane has made it an artform.
Take the "2002″ Oakland A's — the "Moneyball" A's. While the Brad Pitt film focused on Beane's signing of players to replace departed free agents (primarily Jason Giambi and Johnny Damon), the team was built on a trio of young and talented hurlers: Tim Hudson, Barry Zito and Mark Mulder. With them (and okay, with Scott Hatteberg and Chad Bradford), the A's nearly went to the post season and, with a little luck, might have ended up in yet another World Series. But when that didn't happen, Beane does what he always does: he shipped out his young hurlers (Hudson was traded to the Braves, Mulder to the Cardinals and Zito was signed as a free agent by the Giants) and started over.
Starting over for Beane means developing new young pitching — not putting former catchers at first base. The newest trio of developing young arms was even better than the Hudson-Mulder-Zito crew. It took a while, but Beane eventually reconstructed a starting staff that was, again, the talk of the American League: Trevor Cahill (12-14 last year, 18-8 in 2010), Gio Gonzalez (16-12 last year, 15-9 in 2010) and Brett Anderson (injured this year, but 11-11 in 2009, at aged 21).
Surprisingly — and shockingly for many A's fans — Beane decided this trio would not do it, and he shipped them out: landing a soft tossing lefty (Tom Milone) and Brad Peacock (a potential Brad Radke) along with two others from Washington, and an unknown outfielder (now at Triple-A in Sacramento) and two pitchers from Arizona. Very few pundits gave Beane the edge, and he may well have given up one of the very best young lefties in Gonzalez. To top it all off, Beane then shipped out All Star closer Andrew Bailey to Boston.
So what the hell happened? Bailey, an A.L. Rookie of the Year, said that he understood what Beane was trying to do. "That organization is heading down a different road where they're trying to get younger and build for a future in San Jose," he said. Well, maybe: but it's hard to get younger than 24 (Cahill), or Gonzalez (26), and Bailey was hardly ancient (27). And Oakland fans were decidedly not impressed: the howls could have been heard in Nationals Park.
It may be, of course, that Beane's swap-happy off-season turns out to be a work of genius, and it is true that Oakland is trying to retool itself for a potential move to San Jose. But a look at Oakland's trio of hurlers this year has to make you wonder: Bartolo Colon (okay, he's been unbelievable, but he's 38), the untested Milone (he's young and good, but he's not Gio Gonzalez — and Peacock is in the minors), and Brandon McCarthy — who wasn't shipped anywhere and is a hard luck 0-3 on the season. Okay, the injury to Dallas Braden hurt, badly. But the sense in Oakland is that if Braden hadn't gotten hurt, he'd be somewhere else.
Worse yet, A's fans were furious with the swaps: At some point, he [Beane] has to stop trading away the talent he has and give them a chance make something special happen in Oakland," one A's pundit said. The Oaktown Breakdown was puzzled — didn't Beane say that the team was "deep in starting pitching?" Why trade it now — and for another set of untested prospects? "There's no fighting the latest rebuild so I'm just going to settle in and look forward to seeing whether these kids can be part of a bright future that always seems to be off on the distant horizon," Swingin' A's wrote.
The view from Oakland in March, then, boiled down to this: the "out with the old and in with the new" was getting . . . ah . . . old. Then too, the "out with the old in with the new" seemed to boil down to "out with the young, in with the younger." There are those who disagree. SFBay says that Beane now looks like a "genius." Milone is pitching well, Beane freed up enough money to sign uber-prospect Yoenis Cespedes (a dead ringer for Vlad Guerrero at the plate), Andrew "Boom Boom" Bailey is on the D.L. in Boston and Trevor Cahill is doing a face plant in the Valley of the Sun.
Maybe Beane's lost his touch — and maybe not. Even if Milone doesn't work out, and Peacock doesn't arrive in the majors anytime soon, even if Josh Reddick (the name pick up from Boston in the Bailey deal) turns out to be the "real deal" (he's hitting .266 after sixteen games), Beane had to do something to put fans in the seats, at least until Oakland's stadium problem gets resolved or, more likely, they move to San Jose. That something was Cespedes who, on Oakland's opening night, launched what has to be the the longest home run in A's history, some 462 feet from home plate in the Coliseum.
Has Billy Beane lost his touch? After an off-season of criticism, A's fans now seem to be withholding judgment. The White Elephants haven't tanked, at least not yet, and are holding their own in the powerful A.L. West. And Reddick and Cespedes (and maybe Milone), could keep fans in the seats. Or Billy could be smarter than we think: building a team for San Jose that will bring a pennant to a new stadium four years from now . . . or not.


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Name: LaDarius Perkins
Position: Running back. Year: Senior.
School: Mississippi State. Height: 5-10. Weight: 195.
2013 Statistics: Rushing -- 55 carries for 273 yards (5.0 ypc), 1 TD. Receiving: 10 catches for 96 yards.
Quote: "LaDarius is a durable running back with good vision, instincts and exceptional speed. He also possesses good route running skills and reliable hands to be an asset in the passing game." — Brian Woods, executive director, Medal of Honor Bowl.
Other RBs on watch list: Jerick McKinnon, Georgia Southern; David Fluellen, Toledo; Charles Sims, West Virginia; Raijon Neal, Tennessee; Antonio Andrews, Western Kentucky.
Next week: Wide receivers
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WE NEVER tire of being reminded just how ornate those old-time bill heads were, when a company, however small or low-key, would make sure its customers took away a visual reminder of the business with a large, very often neatly illustrated receipt.
Our thanks to local historian and author Ian Bott for putting our way this fine example of such. It comes from the Dudley firm of Raybould, Whitehouse & Co., who proudly proclaimed themselves Chemists & Scientific Analysts, Druggists & Wholesale Merchants.
Their premises, known as the Reform Works, were situated on Wellington Road, and were pretty sizeable if the illustation is anything to go by.
The receipt was written out in July 1912 to a Mr A.G. Wright of Fallings Heath, for a quantity of Old Sol, Cod Liver Oil Emulsion, and Epsom Salts, totalling nine shillings and sixpence.
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At some point during the past 30 years I must have offended a Florida artist by refusing to commission an article on his artwork, making negative comments during a critique, or rejecting his submissions to a juried show. I don't remember him or the particular circumstances, but obviously he has a clear recollection of my criticism as well as the negative comments made by others. The artist recently wrote to tell me that "regardless of negative behavior toward my talent from amateurish, boring landscape artists like yourself," he will be exhibiting his work in a museum. He then advised me to wrap my "snobby attitude along with your mediocre paintings and your magazine in a tight little bundle and sit on it."I wonder why an artist would be offended by comments made by people he considers "amateurish, boring landscape artists;" or why he thinks one exhibition automatically disproves the negative statements made about his artwork. Criticism is completely subjective, and what one expert dismisses another may embrace. If the evaluation is based on a professional's training and experience, it can be helpful; and one rejection shouldn't provoke an artist to become angry or unprofessional. When artists start to argue with me about the comments I made about their artwork, I ask them to first tell me whether they are intending to change my mind or learn from the criticism. If they think they are going to change my opinion, I assure them they are wasting their time. If, on the other hand, they want to understand my comments I ask them to start the conversation by telling me what they were trying to accomplish when they created the work in question. I can then say why I think they didn't achieve their objectives, or why I'm not personally interested in that kind of expression. At the end of the conversation, I hope they will either recognize that I am not part of the audience they want to speak to, or that the message they hoped I would receive just didn't come across effectively. If I thought the Florida artist wanted to do anything more than stroke his bruised ego, I would invite him to enter into this kind of dialogue. Hopefully we could then help each other get better at communicating through the visual arts.
Good post Steve.
My friend Kathy Anderson has entered many,many competitions. While she's achieved top awards for some, her work has been rejected repeatedly along the way. when she receives a rejection or negative critique, she takes an honest look at her work.
In fact, when Kathy gets rejections, she uses these experiences to analyze her work. She is determined to get better and better.
If she had given up years ago when she was starting out, she wouldn't be getting the kudos she gets today. I admire her for trusting the critic's expertise and working to meet the challenge of becoming a better artist.
Even when we artists do get to the point where our work is better, we never give up on working to the next level. Artistic success is a ladder with no top rung. The next step is ever before us.
It seems every workshop I have attended had people there that were very defensive at the critic. And often there was the person that didn't sitdown and watch the demos and didn't paint the assignment.
I wondered if they came to learn or just find an audience for their work? I pick an instructor because I think I want what they have to impart. I have been wrong and didn't pick classes because I didn't think I would get what I wanted for the direction I was going but sometimes I do wonder why some people show up to workshops without their open minds.
A thoughtful post Steve,
I can tell that the comments bothered you. That shows you to be consciencous in your critique and a caring person for the artists you are instructing and evaluating.
But, there's one in every crowd, to coin an old cliche'.
One certainly has to learn how to receive critque in the art or writing profession; even if one runs up against an instructor who is so full of himself, he gives neqative scathing comments to everyone in order to solidify his own importance. Yes, there are some of those. Yet, there is something to learn from them. I've gone home from a critique and screamed at the top of my lungs, "what an idiot!" And then, several months later, looked at the painting only to admit that he was right!
You probably pointed out the faults that the painter recognized in himself and his painting. It's hard to accept when someone else recognizes what you already know or had hoped to hide.
I've read your "little magazine" for nearly fifteen years and have never found it less than honest, impartial and instructive.
Keep up the good work. I would love to have you critique one of my paintings at an art show.
Whistler vs. Ruskin. The Florida artist may well have learned from your critique but a bruised ego is never healed. Whoever said "Sticks and Stones may break my bones but words will never harm me." , must have been a shut-in. Plus I'd like to meet the artist that isn't him/herself perpetually dissastisfied with their own work. I did a portrait of my father - in - law years ago for a very fancy black tie birthday bash given in his honor and I framed it and put it at the entrance to the ballroom so people could see it as they walked in. Now he was(died in 2003) a famous"Indiana Jones type scientist. But I painted him in a Sargent-esque pose in a tux, in a dark library with his hand on a globe. Anyone who knew him and his work saw him in jungle fatigues or a robe and slippers. Before the party took off I was sitting next to two Asian ladies and I turned to them and asked "What do you think of the painting?" Looking for an opportunity to say I painted that, they immediately said "Oh it's horrible, that's not Harmon!" I still remember that as if it just happened. They were right!
I believe most artists are very sensitive. Probably all human beings are very sensitive. I know that I have a hard time when I am criticized. I've worked hard for so many years it seems to me like I should be very well accepted. I guess I'm the one with the problem. I love Lori's response. And I must say that have been several time, many times actually, where I have been rejected and it makes me mad. So I take that anger and put it in a painting working harder than ever. Usually the subject matter is something red. My goal is to make sure everyone that looks at the painting will see it and red does the trick. I will print out Lori's response. I need to remember it.
Great responses from all!
To those of you who jury shows....PLEASE take note that each artist you turn away will be feeling rejected. It is imperative that the pieces you jury in be the absolutely best of the submissions.
A few years back, I was floored to have a work not accepted in a show only to see some really BAD pieces hung. I'm not just being resentful here - one of the paintings looked a young child's landscape of a sun going down behind a hill with a lollipop tree to one side and the sun's reflection in a pond that was off-center to the sun. Even the gallery staff was flabbergasted and said the juror mentioned that the artist needed encouragement. Well, I have worked hard for years and didn't need the discouragement! In spite of the many awards and accolades I've received since, I'll never be able to lose my bad feeling toward that juror.
I like everyone's response. Yes, we artists are probably the most sensitive and bruises hurt. I carry my share, in the art world and personal life. It's how one handles the bruises that is important and that is the maturing process.
Try writing novels. Talk about rejection.
I think Steve's problem was how the artist responded, and at a later date, particularly if he makes a concerted effort to give his critiques in good faith. This I'm sure we all feel he does, or we would not be in this forum.
Sensitive? I even worry about how one might take my comments in the forum.
When I was a lad of twelve or ten, my dad read stories and poems to me from a book of works by Rudyard Kipling. His favorite poem was "If". I thought that if I heard "If" one more time, I would barf on his shoes just out of spite. Now that I'm old and gray, I read it once a month, with tears in my eyes. The old man had wisdom.
I was intrigued by the title of the email for this blog so I opened it with interest. Thinking that it was about one's own need to face poor habits and paintings that don't meet the grade (we all have them), I was surprised that it was a reaction to comments made by a tender artist who had been hurt by rejection from the powers-that-be so to speak.
I was an art therapist for 11 years. I have been a fine artist for as long as I can remember, but I have been making my living at it for a number of years. Naturally I am interested in the psychology of art. Whether you are or not, if you are an artist, you have a psychological aspect to your artmaking.
There are several aspects to Stephen's posting that are relevant to the psychology of art making.
First, that there is criticism and rejection in the art world. It is meant, I believe, to weed out the "good" from the "bad" and also as a way to teach artists how to "improve" their work. Most art is made to eventually be seen by others, so it makes sense that we should need this feedback. I often wonder why there are so many art competitions and why we keep entering them. There is a reason. It fufills a need, or needs.
The second aspect is that all art, art instruciton, and art criticism is subjective. That is why I put the words in the above paragraph in quotes. We all have opinions, most of them pretty strong, but usually different from the next person. Each person has a set of experiences that make him/her view art differently. In addition, the differences we have in terms of our biology make us see the world and art differently. There are facinating bits of knowledge emerging from research about the biology of sight, of preference, of memory, and of the brain and how it functions. (see for example "Art and Vision: The Biology of Seeing" by Margaret Livingstone).
Third, that we have egos that get bruised. All people have this, not just artists. It is just that we put such a tender and personal part of ourselves out there for criticism and rejection that they get bruised so much. There are differences here too, some folks are more tender than others just from a biological make-up viewpoint, artists who are just starting out are a little more sensitive, and people who have suffered criticism or abuse in thier childhood tend to have a more difficult time with it. Protecting the ego is a defense mechanism (remember Freud from psych 101?) and we all need our defense mechanisms. It is just sometimes they get out of control and can hurt our relationships and our art.
What I have observed of human nature and of art is that the psychological aspects of being an artist are just as important as the technical aspects. Your art can be crippled by your mind just as easily as by lack of experience or training. It is hard to be an artist, the pay is not great and your boss sometimes is a real pain. Building pschological skills as an artist is a way to improve your art.
I would like to see more about this in the art magazines. I have been reading American Artist for so long that I am no longer as excited by the technical aspects that are presented. I love to watch "reality" TV shows that feature competitions that involve creativity and subjectivity (Project Runway, Dancing with the Stars, Top Design). Even though I know the content is edited, it still offers a look into the experience of putting oneself out there as a creative person and "throwing your hat in the ring" so to speak. I often wonder what a "top painter" show would be like (oh the horror!) and how I would respond.
I am a "striiving" artist still after many years of trying. So far all my submissions have been rejected (ceramic sculpture, oil paintings) except for one purchase award years ago. Yes, as we all know, rejections hurt, but are handleable with time. The one thing I wish is that the juror(s) had the time to state why the rejection occurred so I could learn from it. I know they are under the constraint of time, but if I feel a work is good enough to submit and I am told it isn't, where do I go to see how to make it better,or improve the next attempt?
This is an interesting blog/subject. I especially enjoyed what "tfrugoli" had to say. yes, we all have egos that get bruised. I hope that the original bruised ego feels better now after having bruised Steve's ego (which probably wasn't all that bruised since he has experienced such success with the magazine's popularity and has much support) For me, I try to remember what I read on Betty Billups blog years ago "Jurying is more a statement regarding the juror, than it is about the art being reviewed." I believe this to be true, but still, like Kenneth Kant, I sometimes wish that along with those "rejection letters" came a glimmer of hope that we're "on the right track", or even just the simple and hard truth that our work needs "work"...that's why I really like the "critique my art" forum here! ( Your work gets "fresh new eyes" on it, and lots of helpful advice!) I also know that to be a "successful teacher", one has to know as much "how" to critique as "what" to critique.
This afternoon, I found myself thinking about this blog, and decided to put down a few things that came to mind.
I can certainly understand how it feels to have your work rejected from a person who has credentials in the art world... it has happened to me. I also know how good it feels to get my work accepted into a prestigious competition. BUT... what really baffles me about how the artist responded to his rejection is that he sought to criticize the juror's work rather than looking at his own work objectively.
Whether Steve is a great artist is not really the important thing here. While many jurors are artists, many are not. It doesn't always take an artist to recognize quality. Steve knows great art when he sees it - whether he chooses to paint or not is inconsequential.
How about collectors? Do they know professional from amateur work? I bet most of them do. Some of them would make excellent jurors - because they've seen a lot of artwork over the years and have put their money on the line to purchase it. Would collectors be fair judges? Probably no more than anyone else who loves art. The process of judging is subjective - has something to do with personal taste.
When we enter a competition, we do so with the assumption that the juror knows something about what professional artwork looks like. In the case of Steve, he knows what great work looks like on many levels and with many styles. How many people in this world know as much as he does about art? Very few.
So my point is: the artist who responded negatively was wasting his time by trying to say that Steve is a poor judge because of his painting skills. Steve has done some beautiful paintings, but I bet he was a good art critic even before he painted.
I appreciate all this feed back. I hope everyone understands I am trying to be helpful and not just soothe my bruised ego.
I interviewed Craig Nelson this afternoon and he made an interesting comment that I think is fitting. In all his years of teaching, the students who make the least amount of progress are those who are so self-satisfied that they won't look critically at their work or accept the suggestions of the instructor; and those who make the greatest strides are those who take the instructor's comments to heart and try to address the weaknesses that have been identified.
Sure criticism is subjective, and negative comments hurt our feelings. But they also give us a way of looking objectively at work that is so personal we can't separate ourselves from it.
When it's all said and done, I really would like my friend in Florida to enjoy what he is doing and share it with people who will gain from his creative efforts. That's the goal we all want to achieve.
Steve Doherty
Great blog and great comments
What struck me is the fact that the complainer apparently didn't tell Steve when he was offended. If his work has improved, he may owe his success to the critique that has driven him to work harder to disprove it.
The American Artists Magazine has profiles of artists at various skill levels. At times, I had thought that the work shown was not of the highest quality. But those articles offered some unique lessons and me gave hope. If the magazine had only shown museum quality works, I may have stopped trying to paint years ago.
I want to take this opportunity to thank Steve for his efforts and giving us all a perspective of artists making art.
Thanks Steve!
As an artist, I require criticism or there will be no growth in my work. So I ask for it and never take it personally if a quiver full of critical arrows is verbally shot at one of my paintings. As so many of the writers before me have stated, how can we learn without getting some help in seeing what it is about our work that needs to improve?
What I do take personally is the manner is which the criticism is delivered. Arrogant remarks, snide remarks, "loftier than thou" remarks, dismissive remarks, what have you, is the issue here. It's painful to be on the receiving end, gets me really angry, and worst of all, I learn nothing because my energy is consumed by negative emotions.
In brief, to all jurors and critics: It's not what you say, it's how you say it.
I met Mr. M.Stephen Doherty at a Portrait Seminar in Chicago many years ago. His name continues to inspire me because of his kindness, humility, common sense and fabulous mind, as well as his desire to 'spread the Gospel of Good Art' now for over quarter of a Century. He has treated us with knowledge about so many other good and kind Artists during that time- Artists that we would never have known existed except for his writings. As I read the many supportive comments in the blog, it seems that Mr. Doherty is held in very high esteem by a huge majority everywhere. Long may he continue!
Good for you. While I can identify with having my ego bruised at times by critiques, I can also say that when the comments were constructive, and I feel sure that we all have received comments that were snide or negative in a way only to be mean, it will help your artwork grow. I know that peer comments have been as helpful as those from notable artists and usually easier to get. Yes we all would like to only hear where we have achieved a step more toward greatness but the fact is that if we don't take into account what others notice we lose the ability to make our work better in probably much less time.
It seems we are all sensitive human beings. It's just who we are. Also, some artists are so attached to their work, they can't sell it or give it away but hoard every single piece as if it were a child - one wouldn't give away a child just because he/she has a dozen of them! I try to distance myself from my work. Sometimes that means setting it aside for a few days and looking at it again with fresh eyes. However, critiques from others are always useful tools and should be used - but taken with a grain of salt when you know someone is always unusually harsh or unusually kind. Maybe we won't ever develop the thick skin to say, "Well, that happened," and move on when our feelings are hurt. But we can try to be less self-centered and let the art speak for itself. And also know there will always be judges who don't pick us for whatever reason. The fact that this one person's comments caused you some distress, Steve, tells me you are also a sensitive human being - good for you!
I do think that how feedback is given is important. I have taken many workshops over the years and have been amazed at how skillful instructors can descern what the student is doing well and what can be improved. Early on I just thought it was "bad art" (that's what you learn in college art departments-how to dismiss art). I am so grateful to have had those great models of compassion and intruction because I try to emulate them when I teach or critique.
When I first started taking workshops I had a BFA, but no real painting skills to speak of (a common experience). I had a great deal of difficulty taking in the comments of the instructors, because I couldn't understand what they were saying. It was like a new language for me even though I had studied art for 5 years in college. Also, I was stubborn regarding trying things that I thought did not define "my art." For example, "I like thick paint not soft edges." As the years went by I discovered the usefulness of soft edges. It was an emotionally difficult period, because that kind of drastic growth can be painful. But growth it was. Plus, in graduate school for art therapy, I was taught to question everything. So I may have appeared to be a resistant student, but really I needed time to digest.
There is a fine line between taking in and using a critique and letting it change your whole conception of your art. If art were not a personal expression it would be just craft. So we need to dance with the critique not marry it.
I also wonder, too, if we are pressured by society to be a "good artist," so that if we show that we have some weakness we become a let down. Since childhood, I have always been praised for my art skill. My art defined me, particularly being a "good artist." Since my overactive ego has gotten in the way of my art so many times I have just about beaten him into a pulp. Underneath all that emerged a sense of confidence, but also insecurity. I think that ego was covering up the insecurity. I am learning to dance with my new partners confidence and insecurity and seeing were that takes me. Although, I don't give as much time to insecurity. The very nature of being an artist is that you are never done, you are always evolving so, yeah, there will be weaknesses. It helps me know what to work on in my next painting.
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Awesome for Syracuse. Lacrosse has very strong roots in this part of the State and the Nation. But looking at this from a Global scale how the hell did Canada let this one slide away? Isn't Lax the Countries sport? That's like Egypt hosting the Baseball title?
This upcoming election is going to be like picking the last three for kickball. Sigh*
The man continued to the very end. A true icon in radio/tv/music/media. RIP Dick Clark.
Waste of space, air, money and life this scummer is.
He doesn't look a day over 92 to me.
Jersey Scum in Syracuse seems to be a common thing. Remember last year the drug center with all the degenerates from Jersey coming to Cuse. What gives?
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Comparing different eras with different politics is like apples to oranges. Opinions seem to generate nothing but a fluff conversation.
As an avid baseball fan I have been to many baseball parks across the USA, Syracuse has one of the best minor league parks in the nation.
It seems the fire departments in this area have been working around the clock. Stay safe and thank you for your services.
After seeing the horror in the Dallas/ Fort Worth area footage, putting on a coat in the morning is not the worst thing we in CNY have to deal with. Overall it has been a good March into April transition.
Sadly, the coaches will end up getting some s$%^% for not having "supervision".
Syracuse Peace Council urges members to march, and then engage in violent acts against all races.
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Fed Policy Statement on Rental of OREOs
On April 5, the Fed released a policy statement on the rental of residential other real estate owned properties (OREOs) to remind banking organizations and examiners that Fed regulations and policies permit rentals as part of an orderly disposition strategy and to outline supervisory expectations for residential rental activities. Release. Policy Statement.
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Thanks for the salutary tale and wise words, Santi. I'm hearing you.
(BTW, thanks to all for pitching in).
Wow, a dodgy drummer trying to play Genesis. Do you feel the f/ship is retrievable in the future?
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If the band is just to make fun and do nothing serious, then I would suggest really leaving it for what it's worth, don't have expectations and just have fun togheter. If it's serious then really get rid of him (but that will cost you a friendship, unless you are VERY diplomatically skilled or if he just sees the light and understands that he needs to work hard himself to get somewhere and leaves by himself).
We're not serious - the main ambition we have is to have fun and please our ears and those of others. If I aurally squint enough I can ignore his messier moments (most of the time) and we usually have a lot of fun. If we were serious I think he'd jump rather than wait to be pushed.
Our singer is excellent and he's more pained about it than I am, but then again Mr X is more my and the bassist's friend than his. Meanwhile the singer would be my best friend in the world so I'm caught right in the middle between two of my best pals. Haha it sounds like a daytime soap :)
There is a risk that our singer will jump if a better band makes the offer because of the situation. If he did I wouldn't blame him.
Come to think of it, when we did a demo in May this year Mr X really lifted his game and tidied up his lines. So he must be able to hear it. It's like he treats band practices like his lab, where he conducts experiments while the rest of us are trying to get things right. He should be doing most of his experimenting at home and bringing the results to the group effort IMO
I wouldn't mind if more of the experiments weren't fizzers ...
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Billy Casper inspired one of the best letters ever to appear in Golf Digest
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Courtney Love's MySpace administrator posted on Love's blog that her looooong delayed album Nobody's Daughter will not be released on time. According to the administrator, Ms. Love, who the admin describes as
sober, clean, classy and very elegant and sophisticated and super intelligent
has $30 million in sponsorships
from a prominent feminine hygiene/menstrual company and a prominent tequila company ??? and Courtney doesn't even understand that part!
The serious reason for the delay is that Courtney has been investigating the mortgage crisis and has discovered one of the major causes! According to Courtney, the mortgage industry meltdown is due in large part to a vast conspiracy of her former employees and confidants who embezzled her and daughter Frances out of what she claims has grown into a gianormous grift amounting to $800,000,000.
Courtney has been investigating this for a few years now though it's hard because, she writes:
my mac is so hacked when i get a piece of data it changes…they change information once i dissemnitae it, im actially wuite furious that my ag is governor gerry Brown and my senator BOxer and my Congressman Waxmen and ive ardently supposrted all of them and since the 4 trillio yep FOUR TRILLION in mortgage fruad annually in the usa 65% of it begings in the San fernando Valley depsite ending up in Houston or Metarie or Verdi
Basically Courtney believes that the trust funds created for her daughter were raided and that money used, along with Kurt Cobain's social security number and variations of his name, his family members' names, and the names of people like Kelly Ripa, Madonna and Pamela Anderson to buy thousands of pieces of property around the United States, each piece leveraged and refinanced to buy more. And she has the proof, though no one will listen to her. But she has hope:
mr Bill O Reilly would be more than FUCKING FURIOUS that his taxes were going to pay for developments and apns some wich do not even EXIST using the stolen money of a dead man and his child due to her provicianl EBIDO trust funds malicious insane and obsessive negilance , ooh boy are they in trouble, oooh
Yes, hopefully Courtney will be able to get someone to listen to her about the vast mortgage fraud/ identity theft ring that has targeted her and cost tax payers billions because
regarding the above shit its all real and its all really scary and i am becoming an adept forensic, i just am not MeANT to be an adept forensic, im MEANT to design write perfrom and produce
and finally release that record her fans have been waiting for.


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WASHINGTON -- Congress easily approved legislation Friday ending furloughs of air traffic controllers that have delayed hundreds of flights daily, infuriating travelers and causing political headaches for lawmakers.
The House approved the measure on a 361-41 vote, a day after the Senate swiftly agreed to the bill. The vote came as lawmakers prepared to leave town for a weeklong spring recess, a break that would have been less pleasant if they were confronted by constituents upset over travel delays.
Republicans accused the Obama administration of purposely furloughing controllers to pressure Congress to lift $85 billion in across-the-board spending cuts — known as the sequester — that took effect last month at government agencies.
"The administration has played shameful politics with the sequester at the cost of hard-working American families," said Rep. Tom Latham, R-Iowa.
The White House and Democrats have argued that by law, the administration has little room to decide where the cuts fall. The White House and Democrats want Congress to work on legislation lifting all of the cuts, which lawmakers noted have also caused reductions in Head Start preschool programs, benefits for the long-term unemployed and medical research.
"How can we sit there and say, 'Four million Meals on Wheels for seniors, gone, but that's not important. Over 70,000 children off Head Start, but that's not important.' What is important is for Republicans to hold a hard line" on the budget, said House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif.
The Federal Aviation Administration has furloughed the controllers as part of the government-wide reductions. The bill would let the FAA use up to $253 million from airport improvement and other accounts to end the furloughs for the controllers through the Sept. 30 end of the federal fiscal year.
In addition to restoring full staffing by controllers, the available funds can be used for other FAA operations, including preventing the closure of small airport towers around the country. The FAA had said it will shut the facilities to meet its share of the spending cuts.
The FAA said there had been at least 863 flights delayed on Wednesday "attributable to staffing reductions resulting from the furlough."
Administration officials participated in the negotiations that led to the deal and evidently registered no objections.
After the vote, White House press secretary Jay Carney said, "It will be good news for America's traveling public if Congress spares them these unnecessary delays. But ultimately, this is no more than a temporary Band-Aid that fails to address the overarching threat to our economy posed by the sequester's mindless, across-the-board cuts."
Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, a key participant in the talks, said the legislation would "prevent what otherwise would have been intolerable delays in the air travel system, inconveniencing travelers and hurting the economy."
Senate approval followed several hours of pressure-filled, closed-door negotiations, and came after most senators had departed the Capitol on the assumption that the talks had fallen short.
For the White House and Senate Democrats, the discussions on legislation relating to one relatively small slice of the $85 billion in spending cuts marked a shift in position in a long-running struggle with Republicans over budget issues. Similarly, the turn of events marked at least modest vindication of a decision by the House GOP last winter to finesse some budget struggles in order to focus public attention on the across-the-board cuts in hopes they would gain leverage over President Barack Obama.
The Professional Aviation Safety Specialists, a union that represents FAA employees, reported a number of incidents it said were due to the furloughs.
In one case, it said several flights headed for Long Island MacArthur Airport in New York were diverted on Wednesday when a piece of equipment failed. "While the policy for this equipment is immediate restoral, due to sequestration and furloughs it was changed to next-day restoral," the union said.
The airlines, too, were pressing Congress to restore the FAA to full staffing.
In an interview Wednesday, Robert Isom, chief operations officer of US Airways, said, "In the airline business, you try to eliminate uncertainty. Some factors you can't control, like weather. It (the FAA issue) is worse than the weather."
In a shift, first the White House and then senior Democratic lawmakers signaled a willingness in the past two days to support legislation that alleviates the budget crunch at the FAA, while leaving the balance of the $85 billion to remain in effect.
Obama favors a comprehensive agreement that replaces the entire $85 billion in across-the-board cuts as part of a broader deficit-reduction deal that includes higher taxes and spending cuts.
Officials estimate it would cost slightly more than $200 million to restore air traffic controllers to full staffing, and an additional $50 million to keep open smaller air traffic towers around the country that the FAA has proposed closing.
Associated Press writers Joan Lowy, Henry C. Jackson and Alan Fram in Washington and David Koenig in Dallas contributed to this report.
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(Memphis) You know government employees get pension payments when they retire.
What you may not know is how much they make and how they manage to get two checks at once.
News Channel 3 has a list of the top pension getters in the city and county.
Some of them make more than $100,000 a year while retired.
They've retired from one government agency only to go to work at another.
It's called double dipping and it's happening at a time when pension plans are already in jeopardy.


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So far, Iron Man 3 has revealed most of its cast, the story it's based off of, and showed off some sweet set pics. Yet we still have no idea what to expect. We aren't sure who exactly Kingsley is going to play. Though most fans expect him to play Mandarin, we still have no idea. Any way, Marvel hopes to raise expectations for the movie by hosting a Kid's Costume Party this weekend at San Diego Comic-Con. Hosting an event like this not only gets kids pumped for the 2013 release of Iron Man 3, but it gets adults back on the track of thinking Iron Man, especially while Dark Knight Rises is soon to be the only thing on their minds. The thing I'm curious about is if Robert Downey Jr. is going to personally sign these…I doubt it but that would be a pretty cool surprise.
All Kids Dressed as Iron Man Treated to Group Photo and Robert Downey Jr. Autographed Poster
Marvel Studios announced today that they will be hosting an "Iron Man 3" Kids' Costume Event on Saturday, July 14, at 12:30 p.m. at the Marvel booth (#2329), at Comic-Con International in San Diego. The event is open to all children ages 2-14 who come dressed as Iron Man—Marvel's iconic Super Hero featured in the upcoming "Iron Man 3." Anyone looking to participate in the costume event should arrive at the Marvel booth by 12:10 to prepare for the event.
A group photo of all the costumed children will be taken on stage and featured on Marvel.com. All participating children will also receive a poster autographed by Robert Downey Jr., who reprises his role of Tony Stark/Iron Man in the fan-favorite franchise.
"Iron Man 3" continues the epic, big-screen adventures of the world's favorite billionaire inventor/Super Hero, Tony Stark aka "Iron Man." Based on the ever-popular Marvel comic book series, first published in 1963, "Iron Man 3" stars Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark/Iron Man, along with franchise staples Gwyneth Paltrow as Pepper Potts, Don Cheadle as James "Rhodey" Rhodes with Jon Favreau as Happy Hogan.
Marvel Studios' President Kevin Feige is producing the film from a screenplay by Drew Pearce and Shane Black with Shane Black directing. Executive producers on the project include Jon Favreau, Louis D'Esposito, Alan Fine, Stan Lee, Charles Newirth, Victoria Alonso, Stephen Broussard and Dan Mintz.
Marvel's "Iron Man 3" is slated for release in the U.S. on May 3, 2013.


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The Georgia Department of Transportation announces that lane closure suspensions that were in effect for the Independence Day travel period are now lifted.
Lane closures went back into effect at 5:00am this morning.
A majority of the closures that were impacted were on Interstates and major state routes across the state.
Motorists who are traveling should reduce speed, use extra caution, and be alert to changing traffic conditions when entering a construction zone.
Those still with travel plans can contact Georgia 511 on any phone for free, real time traffic updates.


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Sounds like he understands very well how to navigate the local culture.
Only in metro New Orleans would a parent have to choose a private school for a decent education for their kids. This is not a choice a North Shore parent faces. It's not a choice a Texas parent faces. A good public education is a basic right. Metro New Orleans is long overdue in closing loopholes that allow de facto segregation and separate-but-unequal education to continue. You all know what I'm talking about. Shame, shame!
Everyone in my boomer generations know exactly what it means when you say it's the "black school." That's the one with no air conditioners . . . with the hand-me-down math books with no covers, history books that end in the 1970s, and students sitting in the halls because there aren't enough classrooms.
Between corrupt public officials and school employees raping the NOSD bank account, and the ability of the parish establishment to play shell games with desegregation, it's pathetic.
Unless we solve the crime and education problems, New Orleans will sink deeper into its decades-long slide into irrelevance.
stinc . .. . the question isn't the football playing. It's the lack of interest across the country in a Texas/Texas matchup. That tunes 80% of the country out already.
He wouldn't get more than one paint stroke up in San Antonio, either.
In Chainsaw 4 (Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre) - there's an amusing scene in which two men are arguing about whether a guy is dead . . . something like:
"That boy's dead!"
"No, I think I can see him breathing"
"Naw, I'm sure he's dead"
"I think he might still be alive"
(Squishy crisp watermelon-sounding crunch)
"Now he's dead."
Again, one of the first clips released via the internet.
This movie took years to release, because both Rene Zellwiger and Matthew McConaughy had moved on to "respectable" productions, and their new studios were successful in quashing the release for a long time.
It wasn't much of a movie. It didn't have that classic theatrical touch, such as that seen in "Chainsaw 2", featuring Dennis Hopper with double Western-style holsters carrying two mini-chainsaws.
Tubular bells - theme frrom the "Exorcist" . . . yeah, that's a good addition. And "Cry Little Sister" ... thx.
Does anyone know the piece Lestat was playing when he returned from the swamp ("Claudia, you've been a very, very naughty girl") . . . . sounds something like Moonlight Sonata, but not . . . .
Might want to take a drive up to North Louisiana before getting too picky about the accents. There's not as much difference from East Texas to Hattiesburg as there is from the Garden District to Chalmette.
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This didn't just occur within the Democratic Party.
It's not just an address, it's an attitude!
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But what will we do when we've eaten all the lawyers?
(Cue in . .. . . "the answer is blowin' in the wind")
I think any time anyone does a burlesque show in bra and hot pants, they're begging for comments about their appearance. Britney made her fame on soft-core porn, and she's not in that league anymore. Time to move out of the single and into the double-wide.


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Will you teach mine to do that.
She has the first part down pat but hasn't quite mastered the last few steps.
I wish my dog dog that. I stepped in a pile this morning when I got up. He usually doesn't do that. Musta been feeling bad.
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