[Timothy C. Tyler]

There has always been a "yeah but" group in nearly every human activity. It must be a personality type and I suppose these folks serve some place in society.

Most of us recognize a rightness at some level. For instance, when someone sings well. I don't appreciate all the nuiances, but some learned experts do. I also recognize when someone sings badly. It sounds silly if they say, "well, I was purposely aiming to get only close to the right note and pitch, I was being creative, did that on purpose!" Creative expression has been used for a long time as a catch-all to excuse work that couldn't stand up to serious scrutiny.

And while on the subject (or back onto the subject), I've seen Picasso's early works like his famous "blue period." I do not, and never have, thought he could paint "like Rubens" as he claimed. Those stilted figures looked like they should have been painted on black velvet...maybe they were?