Comments on: “Nothing New” http://blog.ninapaley.com/2007/08/18/nothing-new/ Formerly America's Best-Loved Unknown Cartoonist, now independently animating a feature film, "Sita Sings the Blues." Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:01:27 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Wolna Kultura » Blog Archive » Artyści powinni być wynagradzani za swą pracę http://blog.ninapaley.com/2007/08/18/nothing-new/comment-page-1/#comment-39275 Wolna Kultura » Blog Archive » Artyści powinni być wynagradzani za swą pracę Wed, 24 Feb 2010 03:04:58 +0000 http://blog.ninapaley.com/2007/08/18/nothing-new/#comment-39275 [...] rządowym komisjom decydować, co jest warte wspierania, a co nie. Nie przyznany mi grant NYSCA i towarzyszące temu komentarze nauczyły mnie, aby już nigdy nie ufać rządowym agencjom do spraw sztuki. Chętnie przyjmę od [...] [...] rządowym komisjom decydować, co jest warte wspierania, a co nie. Nie przyznany mi grant NYSCA i towarzyszące temu komentarze nauczyły mnie, aby już nigdy nie ufać rządowym agencjom do spraw sztuki. Chętnie przyjmę od [...]

]]> By: Artists are not inherently entitled to monetary compensation for their Art « Robert Radamant’s Co http://blog.ninapaley.com/2007/08/18/nothing-new/comment-page-1/#comment-38618 Artists are not inherently entitled to monetary compensation for their Art « Robert Radamant’s Co Sun, 13 Dec 2009 17:56:06 +0000 http://blog.ninapaley.com/2007/08/18/nothing-new/#comment-38618 [...] committees to determine what is and is not worthy of support. My NYSCA grant rejection and its attendant comments have taught me never to trust government arts agencies. I’ll gladly accept funds from them, but [...] [...] committees to determine what is and is not worthy of support. My NYSCA grant rejection and its attendant comments have taught me never to trust government arts agencies. I’ll gladly accept funds from them, but [...]

]]> By: jes http://blog.ninapaley.com/2007/08/18/nothing-new/comment-page-1/#comment-1138 jes Thu, 06 Sep 2007 14:23:55 +0000 http://blog.ninapaley.com/2007/08/18/nothing-new/#comment-1138 personally from what I watched your video is pretty bomb. I mean I love the story of Sita and listen to a lot of jazz and blues SO it was like you made this picture just for me. I love it! who cares if a million intellectuals and heady ass holes like everything the way it is, and get all serious about "an ancient mythological work" then they wonder why people don't look in a book and find these things interesting (I mean I do) but I feel the mass amount of people would enjoy it and could use a little lightheartedness along with their learning. personally from what I watched your video is pretty bomb. I mean I love the story of Sita and listen to a lot of jazz and blues SO it was like you made this picture just for me. I love it! who cares if a million intellectuals and heady ass holes like everything the way it is, and get all serious about “an ancient mythological work” then they wonder why people don’t look in a book and find these things interesting (I mean I do) but I feel the mass amount of people would enjoy it and could use a little lightheartedness along with their learning.

]]> By: Jinx http://blog.ninapaley.com/2007/08/18/nothing-new/comment-page-1/#comment-1054 Jinx Wed, 29 Aug 2007 18:44:22 +0000 http://blog.ninapaley.com/2007/08/18/nothing-new/#comment-1054 Well I wached this with my four and a half year old and she seems to prefer your version. I'd veture to say that if that was the wheel you aren't reinventing it at all. stikes me as rather different even with the similarities of subject matter. I also humbly suggest that the use of Annette Hanshaw's music adds another dimension to your project, one that can't be done enough...exposing modern generations to vintage music. Sita Sings the blues is lush, filled with color and a very subtle sense of humor...just because something is beautiful doesn't mean it lacks substance. Well I wached this with my four and a half year old and she seems to prefer your version. I’d veture to say that if that was the wheel you aren’t reinventing it at all. stikes me as rather different even with the similarities of subject matter.

I also humbly suggest that the use of Annette Hanshaw’s music adds another dimension to your project, one that can’t be done enough…exposing modern generations to vintage music.

Sita Sings the blues is lush, filled with color and a very subtle sense of humor…just because something is beautiful doesn’t mean it lacks substance.

]]> By: Mel Phistopheles http://blog.ninapaley.com/2007/08/18/nothing-new/comment-page-1/#comment-1051 Mel Phistopheles Tue, 28 Aug 2007 20:29:53 +0000 http://blog.ninapaley.com/2007/08/18/nothing-new/#comment-1051 I think you're better off not getting a grant from an organization so narrow minded and short sighted. What do these schmucks know, anyway. Humans! I think you’re better off not getting a grant from an organization so narrow minded and short sighted. What do these schmucks know, anyway. Humans!

]]> By: Roz Warren http://blog.ninapaley.com/2007/08/18/nothing-new/comment-page-1/#comment-1015 Roz Warren Fri, 24 Aug 2007 11:48:11 +0000 http://blog.ninapaley.com/2007/08/18/nothing-new/#comment-1015 a true work of real genius usually frightens people. they don't embrace it. they try to undermine it because it shakes up the status quo. so fuck them. anybody who views sita and fails to recognize that it is outstanding is probably only about a third as intelligent as you are. so -- fuck them. and in conclusion, fuck them! a true work of real genius usually frightens people. they don’t embrace it. they try to undermine it because it shakes up the status quo. so fuck them. anybody who views sita and fails to recognize that it is outstanding is probably only about a third as intelligent as you are. so — fuck them. and in conclusion, fuck them!

]]> By: ravi swami http://blog.ninapaley.com/2007/08/18/nothing-new/comment-page-1/#comment-1000 ravi swami Tue, 21 Aug 2007 13:18:53 +0000 http://blog.ninapaley.com/2007/08/18/nothing-new/#comment-1000 Funders can be incredibly short-sighted - or maybe they are just waiting for films which will NEVER make money, to fund ( a contradiction if ever there was one...)- in the meantime someone's invented YouTube. If it's any small consolation, I got a reject letter from a funder last year (via an "industry script reader") that suggested that I'd had a "touch of the sun" (verbatim) writing my script...the idiot...and all because I hadn't formatted it properly in Final Draft, I suspect... Funders can be incredibly short-sighted – or maybe they are just waiting for films which will NEVER make money, to fund ( a contradiction if ever there was one…)- in the meantime someone’s invented YouTube.

If it’s any small consolation, I got a reject letter from a funder last year (via an “industry script reader”) that suggested that I’d had a “touch of the sun” (verbatim) writing my script…the idiot…and all because I hadn’t formatted it properly in Final Draft, I suspect…

]]> By: ddj http://blog.ninapaley.com/2007/08/18/nothing-new/comment-page-1/#comment-999 ddj Mon, 20 Aug 2007 03:30:45 +0000 http://blog.ninapaley.com/2007/08/18/nothing-new/#comment-999 I really didn't know what to say when I first read your post. So I thought about it for a while. I know one thing,If say... 20 people say they like my work,... but if one person says it's just OK, or that they don't really care for it.( Guess what I focus on). :) Does that mean the 20 are stupid or don't know anything or they lied to you.( of course not ) What makes people like something or not. I grew up in the era of Modern Art. As a general rule I don't care for it at all. I don't get it. I went through the Modern Art Museum in Washinton, it took me about 10 minutes. But other people think it's great Art. So don't lose your passion for what you are doing. You've got a direction in your animation, go for it. One thing else, people change thier likes and dislikes through thier life. ( I hated the Betty Boop style when I was younger, I just found a few on the web, and I'm watching them over and over again.) ddj I really didn’t know what to say when I first read your post. So I thought about it for a while. I know one thing,If say… 20 people say they like my work,… but if one person says it’s just OK, or that they don’t really care for it.( Guess what I focus on). :) Does that mean the 20 are stupid or don’t know anything or they lied to you.( of course not )
What makes people like something or not. I grew up in the era of Modern Art. As a general rule I don’t care for it at all. I don’t get it. I went through the Modern Art Museum in Washinton, it took me about 10 minutes.
But other people think it’s great Art.
So don’t lose your passion for what you are doing. You’ve got a direction in your animation, go for it.
One thing else, people change thier likes and dislikes through thier life. ( I hated the Betty Boop style when I was younger, I just found a few on the web, and I’m watching them over and over again.)
ddj

]]> By: mwb http://blog.ninapaley.com/2007/08/18/nothing-new/comment-page-1/#comment-998 mwb Sun, 19 Aug 2007 21:52:17 +0000 http://blog.ninapaley.com/2007/08/18/nothing-new/#comment-998 Ah, grants. Those who can't do, or understand what to do - give out grants. Truly they are silly people. Ah, grants. Those who can’t do, or understand what to do – give out grants. Truly they are silly people.

]]> By: admin http://blog.ninapaley.com/2007/08/18/nothing-new/comment-page-1/#comment-997 admin Sun, 19 Aug 2007 14:20:17 +0000 http://blog.ninapaley.com/2007/08/18/nothing-new/#comment-997 Ha ha ha! Don't worry, I'm not sweating their comments, I'm laughing at them. Ha ha ha! Don’t worry, I’m not sweating their comments, I’m laughing at them.

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