WholeLife Mastery

Art can be good for the economy!!

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Copyfight: University Press Refuses to Be Fair Use Guinea Pig

Copyright questions abound on altered books and related lists. "Fair Use Fighter" Siva Vaidhyanathan, posted a copy of The Chronicle of Higher Education article describing why an entire anthology was recalled after a copyright fair-use challenge. After reading my last post on copyright blues, someone on the An Art A Day Yahoo list, pointed me to this decision in favor of an artist who photographed Barbie in parody. I'm not a lawyer, nor do I play one on TV, so don't ask me. Now go forth and create...lawfully.

Travelers record messages for troops in journal left along trail

Copyright

Oh OUCH! I did it. I used some copyrighted images from the web. After being reminded by a knowledgeable soul from the An Art A Day Yahoo Group, I removed the infringing scans from my photo album. For altered book artists this is a major educational and ethical issue. As I tell my students "A simple rule to remember is don’t steal others’ hard work and ideas". Talk about an opportunity to practice WholeLife Mastery: what's good for the scholar is good for the artist!!

The clearest and most readable (i.e. non-legalese and relevant to altered book and collage artists) infomation I found on the topic was Lisa Vollrath's A Big Rant About Copyright and Sarah Ovenall's Derivative Works.

Why journal? and How to trust him not to read?

In the article What If Fiance Finds My Diary? Laura Lewis describes why she journals: "Writing helps me purge the bad stuff, celebrate the good stuff and have it all there to review and analyze later. It's fun to see how silly I've been, how crazy I've been and how far I've come in love and life." Also, lifecoach Peggy Neill offers her Top Ten Reasons for Journaling.

Collage all over the place!

Amazing how once you focus your attention on something, it seems to show up everywhere. It's known as perceptual bias. Now that I'm studying Romare Bearden's collages for the An Art a Day Challenge, I see collages EVERYWHERE! On today's DIY Scrapbooking, altered artist Beth Cote demonstrated a Seamless Collage Technique. The instructions include a Bonus Download (Adobe Reader needed to view) of free ephemera.