self service by adam smith

103 Responses to “self service by adam smith”

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• david bowen

  February 18, 2009 at 9:21 am

  / as sidney said — i´m of the same thought.
  the word ´self´screams out .. composure.. technique.. all good..

  lots of comments, perhaps looking for the point since it is a less easy piece to read than many..
• david bowen

  February 18, 2009 at 9:22 am

  respect for the reply andy.. nicely put and honest
• John Gladdy

  February 18, 2009 at 11:54 am

  A QUESTION.

  If someone makes a picture, the (stated)INTENT of which is along the lines of ” a powerful and telling conceptual and visual metaphor (with both comic and tragic-sinister overtones) for our gas-guzzling hyper-individualized American society of consumers wedded to their cars and addicted to the gas pump as the major means of manifesting their all-important precious and unique ’selves’ which turn out to be mechanical clones of the other ’selves’ around them.”
  and then lets say viewer A views it without knowing this and has this reaction to it
  “something else. Something distant, sealed-off from the chaos. Something still, peaceful, quiet, permanent, safe, and simple. Something different from, yet consistent with reality.”

  The Question is [actually its a whole bunch of them, ho hum.]
  WHICH ONE IS RIGHT?
  ARE EITHER OF THEM RIGHT?
  OR BOTH RIGHT?
  OR WRONG?
  AND DOES IT MATTER?

  just a thought to stave off Hotel room boredom waiting for the rain to stop. No bigee.

  Peace
  John