workinforwood
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I recently posted a in progress photo of a sculpture I am working on. Apparently it was seen as some as being obscene. When did we start censoring artwork? You can go back all the way to the caveman and see paintings of woman. You don't see people censoring the venus de milo, on of the most famous, if not the most famous sculpture of all time. How is my sculpture any different that the venus? We walk into court houses, museums, art galleries and even some parks and see sculpture of the same content and nobody is blacking them out. My grandfather, who died on the beaches of Juno, fought the Natzi's to prevent this type of action. It wasn't just to save the Jews, it was for liberty and Justice for all. Since man's existence, only Hitler and Stallen have dared do such injustices. Now in today's society, we are struck to fear if one person should be offended by something. Do we ever thing the offended are not really that offended, but rather just enjoying the feeling of control over someone elses liberties? Christians can check their bibles, and visit their churchs...they will find christian artwork loaded with woman that are bare breasted. I too am a christian. Lets not pretend this happens because of children either. Often children are more mature than adults in this matter. This is not the first time I have produced this type of artwork. I compete with it in shows, in front of children and adults and have never been confronted with a comment that it is some sort of filth. This banned picture will be displayed in the midwest scrollsaw show and then it will be competing in the "All arts" competition in Ann Arbor Michigan, a very prestigious and difficult to enter competition, sponsored by very high end art galleries and magazines. This is the style of artwork that I am most noted for, and it is my favorite. I could go on and on and argue a case for weeks, but I'm sure I've made enough of a point.
I was not really given a reason as to why, I just logged in and noticed I was missing. I am sorry to those that missed their lesson in culture. The judgement was very swift, and so does not appear to be thought through very much. This is my email. Thank you all for taking the time to read this.
From : Jeff Brown
Sent : Wednesday, April 18, 2007 9:35 PM
To : "Jeff powell"
Subject : Re: missing post
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Jeff,
I'm sorry. I was informed of your post as I was running out of the house to care for a relative who just had to have emergency surgery. I did not have time to contact you or the moderators, so to avoid what I know would be a bad reaction from our largely conservative membership, I took the post out of public view.
I'm sorry if you think this was the wrong action to take. I run this site of almost 4000 members in my spare time for no compensation and I do the best I can to balance the needs of the site with my own life. I apologize if I hurt your feelings.
When I have a chance, I'll ask the moderators to look at this and make some kind of a judgement.
Feel free to post this email verbatim if you feel you've been wronged or embarrassed and you wish to involve the membership at large in the debate.
Regards - Jeff
At 06:20 PM 4/18/2007, you wrote:
I noticed a thread I created in the "other things we make" section is missing. Am I too assume that it was sensored and deleted? I am an award winning artist, carver and scroller, and there was nothing in my opinion or the normal art worlds opinion distastful about this picture. You can find world class carvings like this just walking through central park in New york. Of course, this is your site and not mine, so you do have the right to do as you please, but it would be nice to be informed if a post is not to your taste. Thanx in advance...Jeff Powell.
I was not really given a reason as to why, I just logged in and noticed I was missing. I am sorry to those that missed their lesson in culture. The judgement was very swift, and so does not appear to be thought through very much. This is my email. Thank you all for taking the time to read this.
From : Jeff Brown
Sent : Wednesday, April 18, 2007 9:35 PM
To : "Jeff powell"
Subject : Re: missing post
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Jeff,
I'm sorry. I was informed of your post as I was running out of the house to care for a relative who just had to have emergency surgery. I did not have time to contact you or the moderators, so to avoid what I know would be a bad reaction from our largely conservative membership, I took the post out of public view.
I'm sorry if you think this was the wrong action to take. I run this site of almost 4000 members in my spare time for no compensation and I do the best I can to balance the needs of the site with my own life. I apologize if I hurt your feelings.
When I have a chance, I'll ask the moderators to look at this and make some kind of a judgement.
Feel free to post this email verbatim if you feel you've been wronged or embarrassed and you wish to involve the membership at large in the debate.
Regards - Jeff
At 06:20 PM 4/18/2007, you wrote:
I noticed a thread I created in the "other things we make" section is missing. Am I too assume that it was sensored and deleted? I am an award winning artist, carver and scroller, and there was nothing in my opinion or the normal art worlds opinion distastful about this picture. You can find world class carvings like this just walking through central park in New york. Of course, this is your site and not mine, so you do have the right to do as you please, but it would be nice to be informed if a post is not to your taste. Thanx in advance...Jeff Powell.