Tuesday, November 18, 2008

Art people are pompous snobs.

Perhaps I should clarify a few things for my readers who do not know me personally. I am an art person. I am extremely interested in the impact of society and economics on art. That is why I do Art History. It expands my mind, it makes me wrestle with various thoughts and ideas that are explores through art. Ok. So I like art. I am an art person.

BUT! Art people really drive me crazy. Being art people, they are frequently not word people. And they try really hard to be. My lecturer is one of such people. She is really smart and she fancies herself an intellectual. This means she uses really big words which have little meaning to explain a really simple concept. UGH! This is a huge pet peeve of mine.

Why focus on the modernity of something? Instead focus on why something is progressive. Is it necessary to discuss the implications of the ramifications of the socio-economic modernity or can we just say that we need to look at the impact that society and economics play in the modern world?

Perhaps I am a pompous word person. But I just have to say it... clarity in writing is difficult enough to achieve. Don’t try and throw in big words. You sound stupid to those who understand what you write. Big words used in a row can often have undetected (by the writer) redundancy errors. HUGE pet peeve.

In any case, for the average sane person, the meaning gets lost and then what’s the point to writing something no-one understands/ has no significant meaning?

Exactly. There is no point.

10 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hahaha! That is so true!!

PS This is the same person as "Hula"-u commented there today, but I tend to comment back w/ my "Yaya" profile (the non-secretive one!).

Kimberly said...

I agree. People spend more time trying to sound smart then actually getting their points across.

I too, am a big fan of art. In fact, I'm a painter. I also am a writer. I like working with both in my head. I keep my blog writing seperate from my actual writing.

I think snobby people in general are just turn off anyway, no matter what they are saying!!

Random Hiccups said...

Hi to Yaya! Great to have you stop by! Hope to see you around these parts again!


Hillybilly- So... these artworks both writing and painting- are we gonna see any on your blog?

Kimberly said...
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Kimberly said...

Maybe. I don't know. I've thought about a few times, ended up deleting it. Not for fear of rejection or opinion, more so because I guess I'm shy... We'll have to see.. :)

Kimberly said...

Okay, I'm retarded and posted the same thing twice... yay for me!! lol anyway, I thought of something, my first blog out in blog world. It'll give an idea of my writing style. Just a small blip, if you will. Only the first part of it. Before I started veering away from it. Addy is, so you can go straight there is...
http://hillbillyduhn.blogspot.com/2008/09/who-i-am.html

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