Arthur's Axiom

Arthur B. responded: “I understand - the more difficult things are, the more desirable and valuable. It only makes sense.”

Exactly! Exactly! Digital photography (and video for movies) is being scorned as cheating – it's too easy to make a pretty picture. Likewise, photography itself was dismissed as cheating by artists who slaved for years to learn how to make a likeness, then slaved over the product itself until it looked as much as possible like a color photograph, then varnished it. And Old Masters painting in oils were derided by still Older Masters who refused to do anything but tempera on hardwood, who were dismissed as amateurs by the Eldest Masters who applied gold leaf and cow's urine to parchment, undsoweiter.

So, naturalists observe, a flea
Hath smaller fleas that on him prey
And they have smaller still to bite 'em
And so proceeds, ad infinitum.

(3/2/2004)