tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4064796956302169303.post6039708767693042482..comments2024-03-25T02:21:43.523-04:00Comments on 30Squares: Night on the Elizabeth Valley RRJ D Lowehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07907821767203109311noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4064796956302169303.post-63601063986280985012017-05-13T07:02:03.059-04:002017-05-13T07:02:03.059-04:00I agree. Also, I think he was trying to tell the s...I agree. Also, I think he was trying to tell the story of how he perceived life in an era that was special to him.J D Lowehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07907821767203109311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4064796956302169303.post-52095141507847128972017-05-13T00:44:19.711-04:002017-05-13T00:44:19.711-04:00Some people consider Model Railroading to be an ar...Some people consider Model Railroading to be an art form. Perhaps it is on a folky level. Scale Model Building is not art because it is the attempt to reproduce at a miniature scale something that exists in the "real" world. What model railroaders do today - and for the most part at any time of the hobby is NOT art. It is craft. <br /><br />What's the difference? Art - fine art, especially - is an expression of a abstract language. Craft is the invention of something tangible. I'm not saying there isn't a degree art in craft anymore than there isn't craft in fine art. The key difference is that abstract value craft often lacks. Model Railroading is the attempt to reproduce models of a real thing; the closer the better, so it would seem. <br /><br />To me the art that may occur in model railroading IS the Story. You can "play" trains on a well done, operation oriented layout and perhaps that is art unto itself but to me that is about on par with playing any game. Operations in model railroading is, at its core, game playing.<br /><br />Telling the story like Moore did is ART. And Moore was an artist. Derrell Poolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14489276851661331648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4064796956302169303.post-55903139586395064772016-10-09T15:20:33.601-04:002016-10-09T15:20:33.601-04:00Indeed!Indeed!Derrell Poolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14489276851661331648noreply@blogger.com