baimun
Funkasaurus Rex
I remember I was studying art history in college while listening to a Frank Zappa recording and it suddenly dawned on me that my appreciation of each came from similar paths.
When you think of Pablo Picasso, most people think of the geometric portraits, almost messy and childlike in their presentation, but when you look through his portfolio of work you find a very skilled artist who developed that style. Not a result of a lack of skill that ended up with a product, but the other way around. Purposefully choosing to challenge the perception of what is "good" or "beautiful".
When I first heard Zappa, I heard something like a coarser, messier, Santana and assumed that he had these musical ideas that were beyond his skill set, but once I became a fan of Steve Vai (Flexable and Left Overs) I reapproached Frank's music and was stunned to discover passages of fluidity and virtuosity... making me realize that the other coarser, out-of-the-norm musical passages were deliberate choices in style and texture.
I then took that comparison one step further and realized that Vai was much like Dali. You can see the fluid details. You can tell the dexterity of the artist... but the places taken are very strange and alien.
When you think of Pablo Picasso, most people think of the geometric portraits, almost messy and childlike in their presentation, but when you look through his portfolio of work you find a very skilled artist who developed that style. Not a result of a lack of skill that ended up with a product, but the other way around. Purposefully choosing to challenge the perception of what is "good" or "beautiful".
When I first heard Zappa, I heard something like a coarser, messier, Santana and assumed that he had these musical ideas that were beyond his skill set, but once I became a fan of Steve Vai (Flexable and Left Overs) I reapproached Frank's music and was stunned to discover passages of fluidity and virtuosity... making me realize that the other coarser, out-of-the-norm musical passages were deliberate choices in style and texture.
I then took that comparison one step further and realized that Vai was much like Dali. You can see the fluid details. You can tell the dexterity of the artist... but the places taken are very strange and alien.