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The point I was trying to make is that people fall into, and these are gross generalizations of course, basically one of three categories: visual, verbal and tactile. The latter being very much a minority. They interpret and gain their insights of the world either by seeing, hearing or feeling. Of course we can all feel, we can all see but generally we have a primary orientation towards one or the other. There are always exceptions, like you and I, who can do all three with equal aplomb. But for those who are purely verbal, in my opinion, they can discuss the visual arts on an intellectual level but in fact would rather read or hear about it than actually look at it.
In my opinion there is a vast number of people who will never be our audience. They will write poetry and they will become surgeons but they just don't connect to our visual arts.
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Mike McCarty
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