Chris Murray
Chris Murray is a full-time photographer, teacher, and author from New York State. His pictures aren’t meant to be a literal doc of the woods, mountains, and rivers of his residence state, however slightly a inventive expression of his relationship with the locations that ceaselessly encourage him.
After all one can go ‘too far’ and besides in instructions during which we will go too far there isn’t any curiosity in going in any respect; and solely those that threat going ‘too far’ can probably discover out simply how far one can go.”
~ T.S. Eliot
In his autobiography, “Invoice Bruford: The Autobiography,” drummer Invoice Bruford recounts his time in one of many many bands during which he was related and explores the query of whether or not a musician ought to be considered an artist or a craftsman. The band was from the UK, a late 1970’s “supergroup” within the progressive rock style. He recounts that after their first extremely profitable album two of the band members needed to make use of the identical musical templates so that their follow-up album be as equally profitable. Alternatively, Bruford and guitarist Allan Holdsworth had been extra fascinated with exploring new musical territory, wherever which will lead them. Bruford posits that music is artwork when the musician has no thought throughout the inventive course of what the ultimate product might be. Conversely, craft is the results of following a blueprint to a predictable end result, be it a sellable file or a carpenter’s chair. In the end, this distinction in strategy and philosophy led to the dissolution of that iteration of the band.
Bruford posits that music is artwork when the musician has no thought throughout the inventive course of what the ultimate product might be. Conversely, craft is the results of following a blueprint to a predictable end result, be it a sellable file or a carpenter’s chair.
I consider exploring and finding out the approaches and philosophies of artists in different mediums can drastically inform our images.
