Comments on: You Could Almost See it Coming http://www.minthegap.com/2008/04/28/you-could-almost-see-it-coming/ Standing in the Gap in a Society that's Warring with God. Wed, 07 Jan 2009 22:42:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Loc http://www.minthegap.com/2008/04/28/you-could-almost-see-it-coming/comment-page-1/#comment-80669 Loc Thu, 01 May 2008 14:23:34 +0000 http://www.minthegap.com/2008/04/28/you-could-almost-see-it-coming/#comment-80669 Holly, so your saying that if your famous you can't make art? AG, if anything it not being pretty further proves that it was meant to be art not porn. Holly, so your saying that if your famous you can’t make art?

AG, if anything it not being pretty further proves that it was meant to be art not porn.

]]> By: AG http://www.minthegap.com/2008/04/28/you-could-almost-see-it-coming/comment-page-1/#comment-80657 AG Tue, 29 Apr 2008 17:08:22 +0000 http://www.minthegap.com/2008/04/28/you-could-almost-see-it-coming/#comment-80657 Yeah, I'm sorry, there's no way a 15 year old should've been allowed to do a shoot like this. It's not even pretty - that's another thing. It's an ugly photo. AGs last blog post..<a href="http://talmidah-b-yeshua.blogspot.com/2008/04/thankful.html">Thankful</a> Yeah, I’m sorry, there’s no way a 15 year old should’ve been allowed to do a shoot like this.

It’s not even pretty - that’s another thing. It’s an ugly photo.

AGs last blog post..Thankful

]]> By: Holly http://www.minthegap.com/2008/04/28/you-could-almost-see-it-coming/comment-page-1/#comment-80648 Holly Tue, 29 Apr 2008 12:36:44 +0000 http://www.minthegap.com/2008/04/28/you-could-almost-see-it-coming/#comment-80648 You know....yeah. You could see it coming. Sheesh. Miley and her Dad were just featured in the latest edition of the Christian Reader (I am so skeptical of that publication..it's just fluff!) It was all about her family being close and Christian and how Miley was so All American, clean cut... I don't think the photo is horrible in and of itself. IF I saw it in a museum, I wouldn't think so. But what you have with Miley is a VERY famous 15 year old, who is marketed to TEENS and PRETEENS, and the photograph can not be interpreted as artsy according to this context. What were her father and mother thinking? I have teens...I can't imagine standing there, watching this, knowing it would be broadcast EVERYWHERE! and saying it is okay for my teen daughter? You know….yeah. You could see it coming. Sheesh.

Miley and her Dad were just featured in the latest edition of the Christian Reader (I am so skeptical of that publication..it’s just fluff!) It was all about her family being close and Christian and how Miley was so All American, clean cut…

I don’t think the photo is horrible in and of itself. IF I saw it in a museum, I wouldn’t think so. But what you have with Miley is a VERY famous 15 year old, who is marketed to TEENS and PRETEENS, and the photograph can not be interpreted as artsy according to this context.

What were her father and mother thinking? I have teens…I can’t imagine standing there, watching this, knowing it would be broadcast EVERYWHERE! and saying it is okay for my teen daughter?

]]> By: Loc http://www.minthegap.com/2008/04/28/you-could-almost-see-it-coming/comment-page-1/#comment-80647 Loc Tue, 29 Apr 2008 02:47:42 +0000 http://www.minthegap.com/2008/04/28/you-could-almost-see-it-coming/#comment-80647 Have you walked through a museum lately? The renaissance paintings are full of naked women. Often in similar poses to what you showed us. Let’s look more recent though; do you know how art students learn to draw people? They buy books full of naked people in different poses, or hire a live nude model to pose for them. Being naked in a picture (drawn or photographed) does not make a piece porn. I would argue (and the art community would probably agree) that it is the intention behind the piece that makes the difference between porn and art. Now, considering that these pictures seem to have been commissioned with the idea of making art. I believe we should not tear this poor girl down. P.S. Proof of renaissance pictures. (These are considered art and it would be a shame to hide them from your children, but I must warn that they are paintings of naked women) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Leda_and_the_Swan_1505-1510.jpg (by Da Vinci) P.S.S. There were more, but my comp messed up and deleted the message. I will find the rest tommorow morning. Have you walked through a museum lately? The renaissance paintings are full of naked women. Often in similar poses to what you showed us. Let’s look more recent though; do you know how art students learn to draw people? They buy books full of naked people in different poses, or hire a live nude model to pose for them. Being naked in a picture (drawn or photographed) does not make a piece porn. I would argue (and the art community would probably agree) that it is the intention behind the piece that makes the difference between porn and art.
Now, considering that these pictures seem to have been commissioned with the idea of making art. I believe we should not tear this poor girl down.

P.S. Proof of renaissance pictures. (These are considered art and it would be a shame to hide them from your children, but I must warn that they are paintings of naked women)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I.....5-1510.jpg (by Da Vinci)

P.S.S. There were more, but my comp messed up and deleted the message. I will find the rest tommorow morning.

]]> By: Loc http://www.minthegap.com/2008/04/28/you-could-almost-see-it-coming/comment-page-1/#comment-80646 Loc Tue, 29 Apr 2008 02:44:52 +0000 http://www.minthegap.com/2008/04/28/you-could-almost-see-it-coming/#comment-80646 Have you walked through a museum lately? The renaissance paintings are full of naked women. Often in similar poses to what you showed us. Let’s look more recent though; do you know how art students learn to draw people? They buy books full of naked people in different poses, or hire a live nude model to pose for them. Being naked in a picture (drawn or photographed) does not make a piece porn. I would argue (and the art community would probably agree) that it is the intention behind the piece that makes the difference between porn and art. Now, considering that these pictures seem to have been commissioned with the idea of making art. I believe we should not tear this poor girl down. P.S. Proof of renaissance pictures. (These are considered art and it would be a shame to hide them from your children, but I must warn that they are paintings of naked women) http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/botticelli/botticelli.venus.jpg http://www.bluffton.edu/~sullivanm/farnesina/raphaeldet2.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Leda_and_the_Swan_1505-1510.jpg (this one was by Da Vinci) Have you walked through a museum lately? The renaissance paintings are full of naked women. Often in similar poses to what you showed us. Let’s look more recent though; do you know how art students learn to draw people? They buy books full of naked people in different poses, or hire a live nude model to pose for them. Being naked in a picture (drawn or photographed) does not make a piece porn. I would argue (and the art community would probably agree) that it is the intention behind the piece that makes the difference between porn and art.
Now, considering that these pictures seem to have been commissioned with the idea of making art. I believe we should not tear this poor girl down.

P.S. Proof of renaissance pictures. (These are considered art and it would be a shame to hide them from your children, but I must warn that they are paintings of naked women)
http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/pain......venus.jpg
http://www.bluffton.edu/~sulli.....eldet2.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I.....5-1510.jpg (this one was by Da Vinci)

]]> By: Colleen http://www.minthegap.com/2008/04/28/you-could-almost-see-it-coming/comment-page-1/#comment-80642 Colleen Mon, 28 Apr 2008 23:22:35 +0000 http://www.minthegap.com/2008/04/28/you-could-almost-see-it-coming/#comment-80642 What I don't get is she has a great career. Not sure what she felt this would do for it. I guess she is part of the generation that was raised on the notion that "sex sells". Colleens last blog post..<a href="http://www.colleenpetterson.com/?p=799">Puppy Breath</a> What I don’t get is she has a great career. Not sure what she felt this would do for it. I guess she is part of the generation that was raised on the notion that “sex sells”.

Colleens last blog post..Puppy Breath

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