Comments on: Trying to Make a Dollar Out of Fifty Cents http://www.mentalslavery.com/archives/trying-to-make-a-dollar-out-of-fifty-cents Thoughts from a closed mind... Thu, 15 Jul 2010 17:18:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Day of Absence ‘10: 11 February 2010 http://www.mentalslavery.com/archives/trying-to-make-a-dollar-out-of-fifty-cents/comment-page-1#comment-3896 Day of Absence ‘10: 11 February 2010 Sat, 06 Feb 2010 21:32:53 +0000 http://www.mentalslavery.com/?p=155#comment-3896 [...] The critique interrogates that very idea of respect. Articulated by Ward Minnis just in time for the new year, it questions the call to respect artists, particularly in The Bahamas, when artists themselves appear not to respect their craft as they should. It also questions the idea of absence, suggesting that good art, conscious art, art that challenges rather than anaesthetizes is already absent enough in our nation, and calling for a Day of Presence. And it queries the political resonance of the title of the day, resisting the parallel with the place of African-Americans in the pre-civil rights era. Here’s just a taste of it (but to fully comprehend it, you must go and read the whole thing on his blog Mental Slavery): [...] [...] The critique interrogates that very idea of respect. Articulated by Ward Minnis just in time for the new year, it questions the call to respect artists, particularly in The Bahamas, when artists themselves appear not to respect their craft as they should. It also questions the idea of absence, suggesting that good art, conscious art, art that challenges rather than anaesthetizes is already absent enough in our nation, and calling for a Day of Presence. And it queries the political resonance of the title of the day, resisting the parallel with the place of African-Americans in the pre-civil rights era. Here’s just a taste of it (but to fully comprehend it, you must go and read the whole thing on his blog Mental Slavery): [...]

]]> By: Nicolette Bethel http://www.mentalslavery.com/archives/trying-to-make-a-dollar-out-of-fifty-cents/comment-page-1#comment-3683 Nicolette Bethel Sat, 02 Jan 2010 23:07:09 +0000 http://www.mentalslavery.com/?p=155#comment-3683 Answering this on my blog. You go, Ward! <a href="http://nicobethel.net/blogworld/2010/01/day-of-absence-2010-first-response-clarity/" rel="nofollow">First Response - Clarity</a> <a href="http://nicobethel.net/blogworld/2010/01/day-of-absence-second-response-quality/" rel="nofollow">Second Response - Quality</a> Answering this on my blog. You go, Ward!

First Response – Clarity
Second Response – Quality

]]> By: Day of Absence – Second Response: Quality http://www.mentalslavery.com/archives/trying-to-make-a-dollar-out-of-fifty-cents/comment-page-1#comment-3682 Day of Absence – Second Response: Quality Sat, 02 Jan 2010 22:26:03 +0000 http://www.mentalslavery.com/?p=155#comment-3682 [...] by Nicolette Bethel on January 2, 2010 … are all Bahamian artists worthy of respect? The simple answer is no. Why should anyone respect bad poetry, bad writing, bad painting or poorly organized festivals? … Allow me to suggest that there are perhaps two reasons why Bahamians, on the whole, have not received much in the way of international (or local) acclaim for their art. The first is that average Bahamians, and the rest of the world, don’t understand us. The other, and more interesting, reason is that we are not that good. Ward Minnis, “Trying to Make a Dollar out of Fifty Cents”, p. 2 [...] [...] by Nicolette Bethel on January 2, 2010 … are all Bahamian artists worthy of respect? The simple answer is no. Why should anyone respect bad poetry, bad writing, bad painting or poorly organized festivals? … Allow me to suggest that there are perhaps two reasons why Bahamians, on the whole, have not received much in the way of international (or local) acclaim for their art. The first is that average Bahamians, and the rest of the world, don’t understand us. The other, and more interesting, reason is that we are not that good. Ward Minnis, “Trying to Make a Dollar out of Fifty Cents”, p. 2 [...]

]]> By: Day of Absence 2010: First Response – Clarity http://www.mentalslavery.com/archives/trying-to-make-a-dollar-out-of-fifty-cents/comment-page-1#comment-3680 Day of Absence 2010: First Response – Clarity Sat, 02 Jan 2010 15:25:33 +0000 http://www.mentalslavery.com/?p=155#comment-3680 [...] critique(s) offered by Ward Minnis about the Day of Absence concept on his blog, Mental Slavery, and on Bahama Pundit, are both comprehensive and impressive. And he’s right, in several [...] [...] critique(s) offered by Ward Minnis about the Day of Absence concept on his blog, Mental Slavery, and on Bahama Pundit, are both comprehensive and impressive. And he’s right, in several [...]

]]> By: Day of Absence 2010: Introduction http://www.mentalslavery.com/archives/trying-to-make-a-dollar-out-of-fifty-cents/comment-page-1#comment-3675 Day of Absence 2010: Introduction Fri, 01 Jan 2010 01:46:55 +0000 http://www.mentalslavery.com/?p=155#comment-3675 [...] it’s generating some pretty solid critique. Over on Mental Slavery and on Bahama Pundit, Ward Minnis has taken apart the idea pretty thoroughly. In a nutshell the core of the critique is that (a) the concept is ill-founded and muddled, and the [...] [...] it’s generating some pretty solid critique. Over on Mental Slavery and on Bahama Pundit, Ward Minnis has taken apart the idea pretty thoroughly. In a nutshell the core of the critique is that (a) the concept is ill-founded and muddled, and the [...]

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