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Just a follow up thought. I think the issue of tracing, projecting, photography and all other related mechanical helpery is related to our belief that there should be a struggle (my ref. to suffering.) To painstakingly draw is to struggle, to trace or to photograph is not to struggle. It's not fair that I should struggle and you not. But the point that I would make is that, as unfair as it may be, it's all wrapped up in the finished product.
Could you, if faced with two hypothetically same paintings, give a tenth of one percent more credit to the one which was rendered without any mechaninal means? Maybe you could but in fact historical beginnings don't usually travel with the art.
Can you imagine in the upcoming art competitions in Phil. and N.Y. having a form to fill out which asks the entrant certain questions about the genesis of each piece submitted? Now that would be interesting. Then you would see a real serious discussion on this topic.
And may I say for the record that I have not traced as an adult. Nor have I ... well, yes I have done that but I would never, no wait I've done that too. Oh well I don't trace.
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Mike McCarty
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