Re: Lighting Some Flames: Towards conlang artistry

On Tue, 12 Mar 2002 10:34:39 -0500
John Cowan <jcowan@...> wrote:

> Arnt Richard Johansen scripsit:
>
> > Now, criticising an unfinished work of art is an entirely different matter
> > than criticising a finished work of art.  If one were to write a critique
> > of an unfinished work of art, saying that this and that should have been
> > done different, one is in a sense interfering with the artist's right to
> > perform his art the way he or she sees fit.
>
> IMHO there is no such thing as a "finished" work of art, merely
> works that their creators have ceased to work on.  To the creator,
> there is always room for improvement, unless he/she is a Mozart.
>
I'd agree, but I think this misses the point somewhat: there is a
usually a certain time in the development of a work of art before
which criticism is inappropriate.

stephen