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\"100%I was recently reading about creativity, and I was captivated by a chapter titled, \u201cTHOUGHTS ON CREATIVITY\u201d  from the book \u201cThe Art of Photography: An Approach to Personal Expression\u201d First Edition 1994, by Bruce Barnbaum<\/a><\/span>  p. 141.   He touches on things I  have seen but have never really understood.<\/p>\n

Barnbaum says that in Western art creativity is all about originality, where Eastern, or as he calls it \u201cprimitive art\u201d is more about traditional methods of the original masters.  He talks of how the primitive artist works toward the quality and style of the ancient masters, and how any departure is not acceptable in their culture.<\/p>\n

Barnbaum goes on to talk about how the primitive art mindset is not in fashion, nor acceptable in Western art.  How working in the style of past masters is seen as, \u201credundant, hollow, and meaningless.\u201d  He talks of how even using past known techniques is looked upon as mere \u201ccopies\u201d and are deeply frowned upon.  He further says that working in the style of past masters is \u201ca good learning experience\u201d yet is not accepted as anything of worth by Western civilization.<\/p>\n

I see this a lot in our Western culture.  Someone takes a hand full of cow dung and throws it at a canvas and it immediately becomes a fresh new art form.  Personally, all I see is BS.  I have to admit that there are a lot of things I do not understand.  Jazz is another thing I can\u2019t comprehend. . .  several people all playing something different at the same time is not music to me.  But, that is my personal take and mine alone.<\/p>\n

I love the work of the past masters of photography and I fully intend to continue to produce my work in that style.  It is what I like, and if you don\u2019t please yourself, you are not going to be convincing to anyone else.  Guess I will kick back and put on some Pink Floyd and contemplate making some more primitive photographs. . . maybe some more of those redundant, hollow, and meaningless copies.<\/p>\n

So, you can call me PRIMITIVE. . .<\/p>\n

JB<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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