Subject: Re: Was good, now assess
From: Eliot Handelman (eliot@colba.net)
Date: Sun Dec 16 2007 - 02:00:33 EST
Sandeep Bhagwati wrote:
> I have always been of the opinion that evaluations of artistic work
> should be pass/fail, possibly with an explaining paragraph.
At my university, I require professors to write explaining 5000+ wd
essays worthy of the fees our institution commands.
> The life of an artist is a constant series of strict and unforgiving
> evaluations, by self and by others,
Perhaps, but art today is as complicated as banking, which means that
whoever you are there's probably a fairly
risk-free but not necessarily high-return plan you can follow. The
easiest plan is just to know your peer panel.
> It is not a kind world, and each A may help with those who do not
> understand art - those who do understand it will never look at grades
> anyhow.
Does anyone understand art? Maybe to understand art is to grasp
potentiality, which would suggest that anyone who does can
reach into a new realm, which may also be reachable by not
understanding art.
-- eliot
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