Comments on: The Jonathan Harris Incident http://blog.blprnt.com/blog/blprnt/the-jonathan-harris-incident There is an art to evolution... Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:58:47 -0600 hourly 1 By: BigRed http://blog.blprnt.com/blog/blprnt/the-jonathan-harris-incident/comment-page-1#comment-378 BigRed Fri, 14 Nov 2008 08:25:13 +0000 http://blog.blprnt.com/?p=554#comment-378 Spot on! I had the pleasure of attending Mr. Harris' speach, and was truly touched and inspired by it (and a little intimidated...). He put words to my thoughts, and the fact that the 'whole' community is offended is to me evidence that he touched upon something important. Spot on!
I had the pleasure of attending Mr. Harris’ speach, and was truly touched and inspired by it (and a little intimidated…). He put words to my thoughts, and the fact that the ‘whole’ community is offended is to me evidence that he touched upon something important.

]]> By: jonnymac blog » Flash on the Beach 08 / Day 3 / Sessions and Wrap Up http://blog.blprnt.com/blog/blprnt/the-jonathan-harris-incident/comment-page-1#comment-365 jonnymac blog » Flash on the Beach 08 / Day 3 / Sessions and Wrap Up Sat, 18 Oct 2008 23:33:14 +0000 http://blog.blprnt.com/?p=554#comment-365 [...] Jeremy Thorp [...] [...] Jeremy Thorp [...]

]]> By: Julian http://blog.blprnt.com/blog/blprnt/the-jonathan-harris-incident/comment-page-1#comment-362 Julian Sat, 11 Oct 2008 14:11:12 +0000 http://blog.blprnt.com/?p=554#comment-362 The best thing about Natzke's post his when he says "Awards are for whores". Well if you go and look at his Etsy profile http://www.etsy.com/profile.php?user_id=5491224, where he is trying to sell prints of his art he talks about the awards that his commercial work has won and the big brands that he has worked with. I think awards are great and find a great deal of personal and professional joy on winning them. But in one breath to say that awards make you a whore and in the next use them to help sell and promote your art when you are trying to be known as a true artist is just straight up bullshit. For every person who has attacked Jonathon Harris I could counter their arguments that specifically relate back to them. Nobody is perfect and I think well all have to remember that and take this all in stride. If you are doing what you love then I envy you and keep doing what makes you happy. No one person or talk should make you so angry if you are really doing the things you love to do. Especially if he is stranger. The best thing about Natzke’s post his when he says “Awards are for whores”. Well if you go and look at his Etsy profile http://www.etsy.com/profile.php?user_id=5491224, where he is trying to sell prints of his art he talks about the awards that his commercial work has won and the big brands that he has worked with. I think awards are great and find a great deal of personal and professional joy on winning them. But in one breath to say that awards make you a whore and in the next use them to help sell and promote your art when you are trying to be known as a true artist is just straight up bullshit. For every person who has attacked Jonathon Harris I could counter their arguments that specifically relate back to them. Nobody is perfect and I think well all have to remember that and take this all in stride. If you are doing what you love then I envy you and keep doing what makes you happy. No one person or talk should make you so angry if you are really doing the things you love to do. Especially if he is stranger.

]]> By: Tools, Groping and Jonathon Harris | zenbullets.com http://blog.blprnt.com/blog/blprnt/the-jonathan-harris-incident/comment-page-1#comment-361 Tools, Groping and Jonathon Harris | zenbullets.com Fri, 10 Oct 2008 22:14:18 +0000 http://blog.blprnt.com/?p=554#comment-361 [...] with … to be honest I’ve no idea why they were so offended, but they were. It has been much discussed on other blogs, so I won’t go into it here. Except to say - Harris was [...] [...] with … to be honest I’ve no idea why they were so offended, but they were. It has been much discussed on other blogs, so I won’t go into it here. Except to say – Harris was [...]

]]> By: TOCA ME blog - a design blog » and it goes on … http://blog.blprnt.com/blog/blprnt/the-jonathan-harris-incident/comment-page-1#comment-359 TOCA ME blog - a design blog » and it goes on … Thu, 09 Oct 2008 10:19:06 +0000 http://blog.blprnt.com/?p=554#comment-359 [...] also a look at jeremy thorp’s blog and andy polaine’s [...] [...] also a look at jeremy thorp’s blog and andy polaine’s [...]

]]> By: Keith Peters http://blog.blprnt.com/blog/blprnt/the-jonathan-harris-incident/comment-page-1#comment-353 Keith Peters Mon, 06 Oct 2008 20:32:32 +0000 http://blog.blprnt.com/?p=554#comment-353 OK, I see. Thanks. :) OK, I see. Thanks. :)

]]> By: admin http://blog.blprnt.com/blog/blprnt/the-jonathan-harris-incident/comment-page-1#comment-352 admin Mon, 06 Oct 2008 20:24:35 +0000 http://blog.blprnt.com/?p=554#comment-352 Hi Keith, Thanks for the response and the clarification. I wasn't specifically referring to your post, but it was probably in my mind when I wrote that paragraph. I was actually more directly thinking of responses that I heard from other speakers the evening of the event. It was said several times (at least once directly to him) that Jonathan was an 'outsider'. In these cases, the argument was more directly put forth that as an outsider he had no business saying what he said. Hi Keith,

Thanks for the response and the clarification. I wasn’t specifically referring to your post, but it was probably in my mind when I wrote that paragraph. I was actually more directly thinking of responses that I heard from other speakers the evening of the event. It was said several times (at least once directly to him) that Jonathan was an ‘outsider’. In these cases, the argument was more directly put forth that as an outsider he had no business saying what he said.

]]> By: Keith Peters http://blog.blprnt.com/blog/blprnt/the-jonathan-harris-incident/comment-page-1#comment-351 Keith Peters Mon, 06 Oct 2008 20:05:27 +0000 http://blog.blprnt.com/?p=554#comment-351 I don't want to be dragged back into this subject, but did want to clarify one thing. I think you are probably referring to my post on the subject of calling Jonathan an "outsider". And I think that came across way differently than I intended. It wasn't a criticism of him and I wasn't saying that he has no right to say anything because he's not part of the clique. It was merely an observation that had someone in the community made the same statements, people might have been more accepting of them. I'm not even sure that's true, and I'm not saying it's a good thing. Just speculation. I too love to see speakers from outside the community. In fact, one of the best talks I've seen recently at a Flash conference was David Carson at FlashForward in SF this year. Hugely inspiring. But when someone from outside the community comes in and gives criticism, it's a lot harder to swallow, and a lot easier to get defensive. I don’t want to be dragged back into this subject, but did want to clarify one thing. I think you are probably referring to my post on the subject of calling Jonathan an “outsider”. And I think that came across way differently than I intended. It wasn’t a criticism of him and I wasn’t saying that he has no right to say anything because he’s not part of the clique. It was merely an observation that had someone in the community made the same statements, people might have been more accepting of them. I’m not even sure that’s true, and I’m not saying it’s a good thing. Just speculation. I too love to see speakers from outside the community. In fact, one of the best talks I’ve seen recently at a Flash conference was David Carson at FlashForward in SF this year. Hugely inspiring. But when someone from outside the community comes in and gives criticism, it’s a lot harder to swallow, and a lot easier to get defensive.

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