Paul Caponigro presentation

[QT Luong]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQYeKmmJA4k

[Greg Lockrey]

Thanks. One of my favorites.

[Rodney Polden]

What a lovely mind, and a great quiet gentleness.

[Bill_1856]

Thank you, QT -- that was Wonderful!

[Richard Wasserman]

Thank you QT, what a terrific start to my day....

[Ken Lee]

Thank you very much !!

[Eric Biggerstaff]

Thanks! What a very kind and thoughtful person, I am always greatly inspired by his work and his approach.

Thanks for posting this QT.

[Michael Alpert]

QT,

Thank you for letting us know about this portrait. The film is very sweet, though it presents one contradiction after another. What is Paul doing on YouTube anyway: he says that he doesn't like new technology, and I believe him. He values music greatly, and then immediately and without explanation (in the edited film, that is) he says that "without silence you cannot feel or hear anything." He is obviously a very erudite man who values intellectual integrity, and yet he seems somewhat boastful about circumventing universities, where, in this society, one (sometimes) finds his values supported. So I am not thrilled with some of the content of this film. I am very happy to see Paul's gentle and very bright demeanor shining through. It is important that we see the fine character of the man; Paul's character informs and verifies the character of his work.

[PViapiano]

Michael...it's obvious that Paul did not put the film online himself, most likely the film makers did.

Regarding music and silence, the two go hand in hand. Music is inspiration, yet even those of us who live and breathe music in our daily lives and vocations absolutely need the absence of all sound as counterpoint.

Silence is the space between the notes...

[Michael Alpert]

PViapiano,

Yes, yes, I know and agree that Paul did not put the film online and that music and silence are companions. The film is what I was commenting on, not Paul, though I think the bit about going directly to the "masters" needs more explanation. I only posted what I did because previous posts seemed to accept the film as a straightforward and thorough portrait. All in all, I like the film, but I think it needed to be more careful and expansive in its presentation of Paul's thoughts. Paul as a person and Paul as an artist are much more complex than the film seems to suggest. (I should add quickly that I am not a friend of Paul's, though I live in Maine and have talked with him now and then.) There's a new film about Robert Frank (which I saw in a rough cut) that has strangely similar editorial problems.

[nray]

Thanks for that.

[PViapiano]

Michael, I mean, what can you expect in a few moments? Going to the masters was and is a tried and true and valid path. Mentoring, which is the spirit in which I took his comment, seems to be dead in this day and age. Students don't want to hear anything, they all want to be "original". They think they should get Bs just for showing up...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rz2jRHA9fo

[Robert Hughes]

That's not true, it merely shows you've merely run into some unmotivated students lately. I've recently taken master classes where not only myself, but everyone else in the class was intensely motivated, and there specifically to work with and get feedback from the instructor. I love to talk with experts in their fields!

[Duane Polcou]

Thanks for posting this. I love how he described photographing one of his most famous images as something he just saw as he glanced over at the last minute.

[John Bowen]

QT thanks for posting