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#86573 11/12/02 08:47 PM
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His face was devoid of author, but inside he was guilty.


#86574 11/12/02 08:53 PM
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the expression "face took on a surprised statement" gets two(2) unique google hits; somebody else must be reading this guys stuff.

-joe friday


#86575 11/13/02 12:44 PM
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Yes, more often than not, nowadays, mistakes are pushed as creative innovations..


#86576 11/13/02 01:23 PM
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Yes, more often than not, nowadays, mistakes are pushed as creative innovations..
Like when I try to write poetry; I just hope and pray that people will be fooled into thinking I've edged off into some new, deeply-meaningful territory--when in reality I just plain am not very good!


#86577 11/13/02 01:57 PM
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mistakes are pushed as creative innovations.

Some jazz musicians are masters at this art form.

Sometimes I'll take a picture and realize at the time that I've screwed up, but it might be interesting. I'll try it on purpose for a few shots and, when I get the prints back, find out that the first shot, when it was still a mistake, was the best.


#86578 11/14/02 06:01 AM
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the first shot, when it was still a mistake, was the best
The art is in repeating the same mistake


#86579 11/14/02 10:59 AM
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the first shot, when it was still a mistake, was the best
The art is in repeating the same mistake

And doing it as well as, if not better than, the first time.


#86580 11/14/02 01:48 PM
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the first shot, when it was still a mistake, was the best
The art is in repeating the same mistake

I should think he meant the serendipitous (and I now know where that word came from, thanks to Anu's book) kind of mistake, such as penicillin and Teflon. For more on Teflon:
http://www.whitetrout.net/chuck/Teflon/teflon.htm


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If art lies in repeating the same mistake, then I most certainly am an artist


#86582 11/15/02 01:56 PM
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If art lies in repeating the same mistake

Well, that and making it look like it wasn't a mistake.


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