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Tuesday, May 3, 2011

Art War



It seems that after I criticized a recent crappy drawing of my sister's, she took offense at my discerning artist's eye. We now find ourselves in the midst of an art war. It began simply enough:


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Brigit Moore to me May 1 (2 days ago)
whatda got?



In reply, I allowed her to feast her eyes on the drawing as it was meant to look:


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Eric Moore to Brigit May 1 (2 days ago)



Clearly defeated in the realm of canine renderings, she chose a different tack:

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Brigit Moore to me (1 hour ago)






My original interpretation was that this drawing was an attempt to show my admittedly difficuly-to-represent inner strength as I release my pet eagle upon the world to do my bidding. As such, I actually thought it was pretty good, with its bold use of aggressive colors and its delicate shading which defines my rippling physique. However, Brigit claims that it is actually an eagle attacking me. Because art is meant to simply convey a snapshot of a single event with no possible secondary meanings, I think the fact that this crude smear of pixels is subject to such differing interpretations speaks more eloquently to its artistic poverty than any individual less astute than myself could ever hope to.


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Eric Moore to Brigit (6 minutes ago)



I call this work "for i have crossed the many miles." It speaks to the coldness and desolation of the modern world, the frustrations so many of us feel in our hearts, and the coolness of aliens and interstellar travel.


No reply yet from my sister, but I will be sure to post her letter of concession when it arrives.

1 comment:

JW said...

I cannot WAIT for more of this.