tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6633621665763939304.post7723166764963425391..comments2024-03-11T06:12:02.296-05:00Comments on The Great God Pan Is Dead: Back to the Future - Manifesto-Style Robert Boydhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10832011160514073833noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6633621665763939304.post-15328142224418974542011-09-02T08:21:32.585-05:002011-09-02T08:21:32.585-05:00I love this manifesto. I don't agree with it f...I love this manifesto. I don't agree with it fully, but I love the passion. Coombs and McCartney have been walking the walk for a long time. But there is often a reticence for Houston artists to say anything unless it is ironic, wrapped in humor, disingenuous, or--worst of all--mere boosterism and happy-talk. (Of course, the worst of all possible utterances from an artist is the dreaded "artist's statement.") A good manifesto REJECTS things--it's angry about things--it says THIS is our path because the other way stinks!<br /><br />"Heap up the fire to the shelves of the libraries! Divert the canals to flood the cellars of the museums! Let the glorious canvases swim ashore! Take the picks and hammers! Undermine the foundation of venerable towns! " That is from the Futurist Manifesto--a great one! Artists, be bold in your public statements! Don't be afraid to pick fights!<br /><br />So I congratulate Coombs and McCartney on their badass manifesto. And I welcome any other artists in town who wish to unleash intemperate manifestos, wild rants, or barbaric yawps of any sort--whether in text or in video (as above)--to send them to The Great God Pan Is Dead. We might not agree with you, but we'll run it. (However, mild affirmative artists' statements will be brutally rejected.) Robert Boydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10832011160514073833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6633621665763939304.post-21201401983400481202011-09-02T08:11:14.515-05:002011-09-02T08:11:14.515-05:00This comment has been removed by the author. Robert Boydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10832011160514073833noreply@blogger.com