I really like the use of imagery and metaphors to describe what an artist will endure during their time as artists. If I am reading this correctly the author is lecturing art students and refering to the people we will view and judge their work as the enemy but they can't destroy the enemy because they are necessary to be the audience. I also like how he points out the fact that we view things from left to right and top to bottom and while the artist should challenge this they should also remember that this is the way their work will be viewed. Kidd also makes a humorous valid point about in front of and in back of in two deminsional works. This is because in reality they exist on the same plane but by using different techniques we can give the illusion of depth.
Althought there were things I liked I found this hard to follow without context and only getting exerpts. I was particularly lost on the first page because I know nothing about the author or his audience. Through reading all the excerpts I can only infer he is an art teacher talking to a class of art students. I am also lost on who is refered to as the cheese monkeys.
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