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August 19th, 2010

I was reading through an article published on a very prestigious blog. A lot of big names were quoted and they had a lot of salient things to say. I wanted to share the article with my readers here.

But, I found myself reading it again, and was almost tempted to reread it a third time. For some reason, it didn’t make sense the first time around, or even the second. And then I realized why, there was no clearly defined thesis at the outset. I wasn’t sure what the author was trying to say, question, or prove.

And so I passed on sharing the article… and I think that’s what audiences do with any art form… if they don’t have a clear idea from the outset of why they should tune in, they are going to tune out. Even if the work in question has a lot of wonderful pieces to it, if the structure isn’t there to support it, then it doesn’t reach across that great divide to actually touch the audience.

Structure doesn’t have to confine, it can actually liberate. It is the job of the artist to clearly define and work within the structure so well that the audience doesn’t even notice it’s there. Once an audience feels like they are in good hands, they’re willing to go as far as you’re willing to take them.

–Sue

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