Re: Apparently we are not artists... steaming mad...

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Posted by Willowhawk on July 31, 2003 at 09:03:07:

In reply to: Apparently we are not artists... steaming mad... posted by Lauren on July 31, 2003 at 08:04:45:

: There are certainly people shoveling out devils and barbed wire at
: carnivals and the like across the nation. I don't want them to
think
: that's all there is to henna.

I believe Anne refers to it as McMehndi and I call it "tattoo flash
for cash". It's not an artform and degrades the traditional and
cultural beauty of mehendi...in my stubborn opinion.

: Is it worth writing them back? I think I'm going to, and I'll let
: you know what they say.

I would write them back and politely (or maybe not-so-politely)
explain this art to them. Maybe they are of the opinion that it's
not art because it's temporary.
There's so many area's to touch on...henna in Indian/Persian
artwork; artistic ability to create a design; knowledge of
tradition/culture; knowledge of mixing paste/applying paste/etc;
uses on cloth/wood...and on and on.

I ended up on a waiting list for a big art fair this year...only
because there is another mehendi artist there.
Willowhawk

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