tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6907198.post115338849359332907..comments2024-01-05T19:38:36.676-06:00Comments on LIVERPUTTY: In Defense of DilettantesWagstaffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09197425222788144402noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6907198.post-22007409619637156512011-02-20T15:32:23.436-06:002011-02-20T15:32:23.436-06:00I love this post. I have referred to it in my blo...I love this post. I have referred to it in my blog:<br />"Disclosures of a Dilettante: Defending my honor.:<br />http://www.joanne-young.blogspot.comAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11912510150995108701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6907198.post-1154547743534242082006-08-02T14:42:00.000-05:002006-08-02T14:42:00.000-05:00Paris Hilton: American Aristocrat.a well-educated ...Paris Hilton: American Aristocrat.<BR/><BR/>a well-educated media dilettante and patroness of popular culture.Shelby Buttonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17773151513271863888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6907198.post-1153903289788095592006-07-26T03:41:00.000-05:002006-07-26T03:41:00.000-05:00I am afraid that the concept of patron of the arts...I am afraid that the concept of patron of the arts is likely to remain(in ever decreasing numbers), what it now is, rather than what it was 200 years ago.<BR/><BR/>In earlier times, the patrons WERE the dilettantes. These composers about whom I spoke were hired by wealthy dilettantes to teach them and to compose new works for them. Amateur painters and writers would fund publications or EscutcheonBlothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00192576198740786305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6907198.post-1153894979099014312006-07-26T01:22:00.000-05:002006-07-26T01:22:00.000-05:00Hey EB, sorry to be late getting back to this thre...Hey EB, sorry to be late getting back to this thread – I’ve been on the road. To clarify what I meant earlier: I do agree with what you said about the blogosphere. I thought of some of it but not all of it. The truth is I was tipped off early as to the premise of your post, so I was already thinking about what I could add to it. By the time I actually read it, I saw that you covered any and Wagstaffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09197425222788144402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6907198.post-1153889074192527572006-07-25T23:44:00.000-05:002006-07-25T23:44:00.000-05:00I can honestly say that I've never given much thou...I can honestly say that I've never given much thought to the dilettante argument. I have apparently been unaware of the derogatory usage, as I have always thought of it as a good, if not haphazard, thing to be. It's not that I haven't heard it used that way, but in my ignorance I have mistaken their meaning for a positive one. I am envious of the modern day dilettantes I have met. The ability andAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6907198.post-1153855396425033112006-07-25T14:23:00.000-05:002006-07-25T14:23:00.000-05:00Charlie,I fear that the words 'liberal' and 'conse...Charlie,<BR/><BR/>I fear that the words 'liberal' and 'conservative' are two more victims of Linguistic Creep(and I don't mean Noam Chomsky).<BR/><BR/>A liberal, in the political sense, used to mean, and still does in Europe, a non-judgemental, socially open, economically laissez-faire, small government philosophy. best exemplified by Thos. Jefferson's "The government that governs best, governs EscutcheonBlothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00192576198740786305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6907198.post-1153776539450318722006-07-24T16:28:00.000-05:002006-07-24T16:28:00.000-05:00a very thoughtful and thourough essay, I don't see...a very thoughtful and thourough essay, I don't see anything lacking to contribute to the dialogue.<BR/><BR/>perhaps to provide another example: Andy Warhol. Mr. Warhol has been an inspiration to many, not just because of his paintings.<BR/><BR/>He also made sculpture, films, photographs, wrote books, created a magazine, collaborated with fashion designers and he even had a TV show on MTV for a Shelby Buttonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17773151513271863888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6907198.post-1153748492144869742006-07-24T08:41:00.000-05:002006-07-24T08:41:00.000-05:00I've always been bothered by the evolution of "Dil...I've always been bothered by the evolution of "Dilettante" into a derogatory term, and therefore must add my voice to the choir or praise here. <BR/><BR/>To me this mindset is not just an outgrowth of the mentality of an artist as one in a position outside the norm, and therefore better than such, but also stems from the (to my mind) asinine Calvinist thinking that underlies the phrase "That Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15611708185790828548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6907198.post-1153662891667437272006-07-23T08:54:00.000-05:002006-07-23T08:54:00.000-05:00Wagstaff,Do you mean you disagree about the blogge...Wagstaff,<BR/><BR/>Do you mean you disagree about the blogger comparison, or agree, but hadn't thought of it, or just hadn't thought of it? <BR/><BR/>Or hadn't though of it, but upon mature and quiet reflection, find it a bunch of bull? (Not my favorite option, incidentally)<BR/><BR/>I don't know about amateur. I used (and use) the terms interchangeably. There has still got to be some word of EscutcheonBlothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00192576198740786305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6907198.post-1153626411404925802006-07-22T22:46:00.000-05:002006-07-22T22:46:00.000-05:00Amen brother! I think this wonderful post goes a ...Amen brother! I think this wonderful post goes a long way towards rescuing this maligned word. I want to be a Dilettante with you! As I was reading this, questions kept arising in my mind only to be answered by the next paragraph. You're way ahead of me, especially on that Blogger stuff. Next can we rescue "amateur"?Wagstaffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09197425222788144402noreply@blogger.com