Re: [BKARTS] Trends, cont.

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I had not read this e-letter before replying to Katie's first e-letter on
the topic of trends and influences. Still, I have to comment on the idea of
"mediocrity". Please do not construe this to be a derogatory reflection on
Katie, her press, or her classes because I do not mean it to be so taken:
mediocrity is not in the medium, it is in the person who does the work or
for whom it is being done.

R.K.

At 06:57 PM 4/26/02 -0400, you wrote:
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>I probably should augment my last posting about trends. I realized after I
>wrote it, that I was thinking more in terms of extremes, and not of the
>norm; so I wasn't really talking about trends at all. It's funny how
>instructors tend to remember those on the fringes rather than those who are
>making up the majority.
>
>As I said earlier, there is a lot of interest in the digital book, but we
>also have a growing interest in letterpress here. What seems to be happening
>is that the majority of those "digital folks" are people who  realize that
>the computer can be utilized in a richer way to help them produce better
>work. On the other hand, some of the ones who sign up for letterpress are in
>it as a reaction to the digital work, feeling a sort of sacredness for the
>traditional; for example, graphic designers who are sick and tired of their
>creative lives being dictated by a computer are common in classes dealing
>with handset metal type. In both cases, what is common is a quest for
>excellence and a reaction against mediocrity. Now there is a trend worth
>noting!
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>Katie Harper
>Ars Brevis Press
>Cincinnati, OH
>513-233-9588
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