Email and response

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=100 BGCOLOR="#CCCCFF" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="11c800640egdysm.jpg"> <div> <I>Photos by Cindy</I><I> ...</I><FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#000099" FACE="Arial" ><B> </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000099" FACE="Arial" ><B>    </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000099" FACE="Times New Roman" ><B>|     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Photos by Cindy"><B>home</B></A></FONT></div> <div> back to<B>  </B><A HREF="id70.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Chinati Foundation"><B>Chinati Foundation</B></A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=170 BGCOLOR="#0000BF" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <div>                                                   </div> <bR> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=380 width="100%" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B>Email and response</B></div> <bR> <div> I received the following (typos included) on August 3, 2002 regarding my</div> <div> <I><B><U>personal opinion</U></B></I> about the Chinati Foundation "art" exhibit:</div> <bR> <div> Name: Kate</div> <bR> <div> Email: <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Times New Roman" ><U>kate25@ozemail.com</U></FONT></div> <bR> <div> Comments: Your documentation of the Chianti foundation by Donald judd</div> <div> was pathetic! It is obvious that you are just an un-cultured dumb blond that</div> <div> needs things to be spelt out to you. You are supposed to view the buildings</div> <div> and the things in them as a whole not separately. This is a lifetime of work</div> <div> for Donald judd built using his own money so people can view and appreciate</div> <div> modern minimalist art in an appropriate surrounding. This beautiful achievement</div> <div> deserves to be praised not ridiculed by someone who is too simple to understand</div> <div> it on their pathetic personal web-site. Next time you plan a trip take the time to</div> <div> research and understand what you are experiencing rather than making fun of</div> <div> what you cannot comprehend. I would appreciate it if you could email me back</div> <div> and let me know what you consider to be, and appreciate as, art. </div> <bR> <div> <B><U>My Response</U></B>:</div> <bR> <div> Relax, Katie Babie ...</div> <bR> <div> It's a free country and I'm entitled to my own opinion. That's what makes</div> <div> this country a great place to live. You can love your room full of twine,</div> <div> aluminum boxes and bashed car parts, but I can choose not to, and I can</div> <div> express my opinion on my "pathetic personal website" if I so desire.</div> <bR> <div> I am not an uncultured DUMB BLOND, but a very well educated 50 year old</div> <div> BRUNETTE. Get off your high horse and be glad you're living in a country that</div> <div> has room to accommodate ALL forms in ART, good, bad, or otherwise!</div> <bR> <div> My own personal taste in art is really nothing I care to share with someone as</div> <div> narrow-minded as you. Art comes in all forms and its appreciation is in the</div> <div> eyes of the beholder. I don't like minimalist art. You do. So what? Get</div> <div> over it!</div> <bR> <div> Respectfully,</div> <div> Cindy of www.photosbycindy.com</div> <div> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</div> <bR> <div> <B><U>Note</U></B>:  I may have incorrectly assumed that the person sending me the above message was</div> <div> an American, but her email address indicates that she may be from Australia.</div> </td> </tr></table></body>