If you are interested in coyright issues, today's paper (1/31/2006) has an
article in the business section about Tiffany Co. suing EBay for encouraging
forgery of Tiffany items. EBay contends that Tiffany, not EBay, has the
obligation to
enforce its copyright or trademark and that EBay has no responsibility in
the matter: it is just a venue for connecting buyers and sellers. That
might be a good issue to spark the children's interest without discouraging
their artistic efforts.
I apologize to Woody and anyone else because he was offended by my remarks
about "legal art." I did not mean to be disrespectful to the legal
profession. I meant it as a comment about teaching policies which
discourage creativity and about the nature of art as communication about
injustice in our society. When we can't "talk," we can often still draw a
picture of what is bothering us. Perhaps I was in a bad mood because I am
still recovering from my second cataract removal in my left eye. It has
been more than two weeks and the light is still too bright and my eye aches
from the medicine.
I have a beautiful book that I grabbed from a remainder table at Borders a
few years ago. It's called IN THE SPIRIT OF MARTIN by Gretchen Sorin and
Helen Shannon, published by Tinwood Books. It includes art work by more
than 100 artists, who interpreted the life of Dr. King and the civil rights
movement. Also we should by mindful of the passing of Coretta Scott King
today.
I am so grateful for the generous sharing of the many art teachers who
inhabit this disucssion group.
