A note from Andy Morgan’s Administrative Assistants about Mr. Morgan's Artist's Website:
Andy does art. He’s an artist. A wonderful artist, in fact.
But a website-- even an artist's website-- needs writers; and from what we've seen thus far of Andy, he’s not much into writing. Indeed, not much into writing at all: except for the twenty to one-hundred twenty times per day he's typing out, in lightening-quick strokes, whatever combinations of words are necessary for googling up the countless Internet videos he enjoys watching; or except when signing his name to his many paintings (or to a document of some sort). So let's go back and qualify what we say about Andy in respect to writing: we'll gladly assist Andy with completing the writing chores for his website, but perhaps we'll need do so only temporarily, particularly if Andy's circle of loyal advocates have it right about him. In respect to uncovering Andy's gifts, talents, and skills, Andy's loyal circle share a growing conviction that there may be much more yet to be seen.
A website needs website-builders too. And though Andy does indeed love computers and the Internet, he is not much into building websites-- at least not from what we've seen from him thus far. Yet, from the very get-go, Andy took to the computer like the proverbial fish to water, and he seems to grasp-- to see-- the guts, the essence, the very soul of the computer from "inside out" (as our CPCP director once put it). So perhaps we should go back and qualify what we say about Andy in respect to website-building, as well: indeed, we'll happily assist Andy with the building of his website, but perhaps we'll need to do so only temporarily, particularly (again) if Andy's circle of advocates have it right about him-- that there may be much more yet to be seen.
And last but not least, an artist's website needs titles-- titles for the paintings and sketches therein; titles for this and that and the other: and, hence, a title-giver (even if the title that's given is a simple "Untitled"). From what we've seen thus far from him, however, Andy seems not at all that interested in being that title-giver, even in respect to giving titles to those pieces he works on with painstaking deliberation for days and days on end. Yet, yet, and yet still, it's quite interesting that Andy sometimes seems to know the title of every song that's ever been played on the radio, and seems to consider it very important indeed that everyone at Cross Plains is very clear as to the name of today's date and as to what day-of-the-week it is today, and where exactly today's date stands in respect to tomorrow's and the next day's, ad infinitum. So perhaps we should likewise qualify what we say about Andy in respect to title-giving, to the giving of names to things: and, indeed, we'll more than gladly assist Andy with the title-giving tasks at his website, but-- as with the writing and as with the website building-- perhaps we'll need to do so only temporarily, particularly (again, for the third time) if Andy's loyal advocates do, indeed, have it right about him-- that there may be much more yet to be seen.
And thus it is that on Andy’s behalf, we, Andy’s administrative assistants for his artist’s website, assume the roles (voluntarily) of website builder, website writer, and title-giver.
Though perhaps only for the time being, as no one who's closely followed Andy through his trajectory would be all that shocked if someday he-- Andy Morgan-- was completely assuming all three of those roles himself.
Now, with all that having been said, you may have noticed that when we (his administrative assistants) write for Andy at his artist’s website, we’ll sometimes write for him in the first person voice, and sometimes in the third person voice. Sometimes, we’ll get a lot of stuff up for him on his website in a relatively short period of time; sometimes, we’ll go a long season—weeks, maybe months-- without getting anything up. If he ever grades us on performance, we won't get an "A", that's for sure. (Darn!). But at least he hasn't raked us over the coals for all of our shortcomings. Yet. But a website-- even an artist's website-- needs writers; and from what we've seen thus far of Andy, he’s not much into writing. Indeed, not much into writing at all: except for the twenty to one-hundred twenty times per day he's typing out, in lightening-quick strokes, whatever combinations of words are necessary for googling up the countless Internet videos he enjoys watching; or except when signing his name to his many paintings (or to a document of some sort). So let's go back and qualify what we say about Andy in respect to writing: we'll gladly assist Andy with completing the writing chores for his website, but perhaps we'll need do so only temporarily, particularly if Andy's circle of loyal advocates have it right about him. In respect to uncovering Andy's gifts, talents, and skills, Andy's loyal circle share a growing conviction that there may be much more yet to be seen.
A website needs website-builders too. And though Andy does indeed love computers and the Internet, he is not much into building websites-- at least not from what we've seen from him thus far. Yet, from the very get-go, Andy took to the computer like the proverbial fish to water, and he seems to grasp-- to see-- the guts, the essence, the very soul of the computer from "inside out" (as our CPCP director once put it). So perhaps we should go back and qualify what we say about Andy in respect to website-building, as well: indeed, we'll happily assist Andy with the building of his website, but perhaps we'll need to do so only temporarily, particularly (again) if Andy's circle of advocates have it right about him-- that there may be much more yet to be seen.
And last but not least, an artist's website needs titles-- titles for the paintings and sketches therein; titles for this and that and the other: and, hence, a title-giver (even if the title that's given is a simple "Untitled"). From what we've seen thus far from him, however, Andy seems not at all that interested in being that title-giver, even in respect to giving titles to those pieces he works on with painstaking deliberation for days and days on end. Yet, yet, and yet still, it's quite interesting that Andy sometimes seems to know the title of every song that's ever been played on the radio, and seems to consider it very important indeed that everyone at Cross Plains is very clear as to the name of today's date and as to what day-of-the-week it is today, and where exactly today's date stands in respect to tomorrow's and the next day's, ad infinitum. So perhaps we should likewise qualify what we say about Andy in respect to title-giving, to the giving of names to things: and, indeed, we'll more than gladly assist Andy with the title-giving tasks at his website, but-- as with the writing and as with the website building-- perhaps we'll need to do so only temporarily, particularly (again, for the third time) if Andy's loyal advocates do, indeed, have it right about him-- that there may be much more yet to be seen.
And thus it is that on Andy’s behalf, we, Andy’s administrative assistants for his artist’s website, assume the roles (voluntarily) of website builder, website writer, and title-giver.
Though perhaps only for the time being, as no one who's closely followed Andy through his trajectory would be all that shocked if someday he-- Andy Morgan-- was completely assuming all three of those roles himself.
As it is, we do what we can on behalf of Mr. Morgan in the time we have to do it. We do it because we love his artwork and because we think the world of Andy Morgan.
Andy has ready access to his website via his computer, and is constantly reminded he can check it out (his website, that is) anytime he so chooses. We do keep him up on developments at his site, and seek his feedback. Usually what we get when we ask him if he approves of something or other, is an emphatic “YES!!!” Perhaps we sometimes misinterpret that "Yes!!!", but at least we know (or think we know) he's not totally put out with us. Just slightly put out. All in all, he's actually rather patient.
Andy's administrative assistants include a couple local Dalton/Chattanooga area artists and staff at Cross Plains Community Partner.
Thanks for letting us get to know you better, Andy. By the hour, day by day, week by week, month by month, year-in year-out.
And thanks for the privilege of working for you.
Whoops! Sorry. One more thing still. What might someone hope to expect from Andy Morgan in the future, in respect to his artistic pursuits?
Surely this:
That there may be much more yet to be seen.
