From: owner-aml-list-digest@lists.xmission.com (aml-list-digest) To: aml-list-digest@lists.xmission.com Subject: aml-list-digest V1 #40 Reply-To: aml-list Sender: owner-aml-list-digest@lists.xmission.com Errors-To: owner-aml-list-digest@lists.xmission.com Precedence: bulk aml-list-digest Monday, May 15 2000 Volume 01 : Number 040 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 12 May 2000 20:29:54 -0400 From: Shawn Ambrose Subject: RE: [AML] Favorite Characters in LDS Fiction Wow! Deep quote. There are so many reasons for reading that the characters we look for differ widely at different times. I believe we do seek characters we can empathize with and understand, when we are in emotional need of support or advice or another point of view on a problem. I read and reread a number of books in my youth that meant something to me because the problems in them were my problems restated, because the solutions in them gave me courage to seek solutions in my life. In those cases the characters became who I would like to become, at least in some aspects. But there are other books I have read and reread not because the characters are fabulous but because the setting is spectacular or intriguing; it makes my writer's hands itch. And then there are the social constructs, the interplay of manners and morals and the character's internal assumptions which seem natural to the character but strike a different chord in others (why do you think the Regency period in England is so popular for romances-because their basic assumptions are, to say the least, unique!). The quote you quoted seems to say that writing must "ring true". Well, yes, I suppose it ought to sound reasonable... but reasonable is such a relative term. "The underlying truths of our existence?" Hmmm. What are they and how do you quantify them? My favorite character in LDS literature is Lisa/Dawn in _A New Dawn_ by Jack Weyland. I read that book at a pivotal time in my youth. I was a brainy square, not "popular", and the change she made in her life seemed to tell me I could do the same. I didn't become a flighty fashion plate but I did become a more confident human being as a result of changing my outlook. [Melinda Ambrose] - -----Original Message----- From: Steve Perry [SMTP:stevenkperry@earthlink.net] Sent: Wednesday, May 10, 2000 2:36 PM To: aml-list Subject: [AML] Favorite Characters in LDS Fiction Hi, you AML-List characters, you, Here's a thought I came across recently. Take a read and then I have a question for you when you're finished. "Except in the classroom, where we read what is assigned, or study compositions or painting to pass a course, we read or listen to or look at works of art in the hope of experiencing our highest, most selfless emotions... [We hope] to find, in works of literature, characters we love as we do real people. Ultimately, in fact, plot exists only to give the characters means of finding and revealing themselves, and setting only to give them a place to stand.... The artist who has no strong feeling about his characters--the artist who can feel passionate only about his words or ideas--has no urgent reason to think hard about the characters' problems, the 'themes of his fiction.' He imitates human gesture in the movements of his puppets, but he does not worry as a father worries about the behavior of his son; and the result is a fictional universe one would not want one's loved ones forced to inhabit." - --John Gardner, _On Moral Fiction_ (New York; Basic Books, 1978), pg. 84 - - AML-List, a mailing list for the discussion of Mormon literature http://www.xmission.com/~aml/aml-list.htm ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 13 May 2000 14:02:12 EDT From: Larry Jackson Subject: [AML] MN LDS Artist Included In 20th Anniversary Show At Bronx Museum: New York Times From: Kent Larsen To: Mormon News Subject: MN LDS Artist Included In 20th Anniversary Show At Bronx Museum: New York Times 12May00 P2 Date: Fri, 12 May 2000 19:20:00 -0400 [from Mormon-News] LDS Artist Included In 20th Anniversary Show At Bronx Museum (A Showcase for Emerging Talent Nurtured Within the Same Environment) New York Times 12May00 P2 http://www.nytimes.com/00/05/12/news/arts/aim-art-review.html By Holland Cotter NEW YORK, NEW YORK -- LDS Artist Lane Twitchell's art is being exhibited again in New York City. A "substantial selection" of Twitchell's work is in a Bronx Museum of Art show commemorating the 20th anniversary of their Artists in the Marketplace program, of which Twitchell, who is in his 30's, is a graduate. Twitchell's work has attracted notice for its intricacy and the way he "draws on his Mormon background in imaginative ways." Twitchell is best known for his "elaborate, image-packed cut-paper pieces (aka snowflakes). Many of the works include Mormon images worked into the design of the cut-paper. The Artists in the Marketplace program might be best described as career training for artists. Three dozen artists are selected each year for a 12-week seminar by the Bronx Museum of Art's curatorial staff, who coach the artists in everything from how to land a gallery to writing grants to dealing with taxes and critics. >From Mormon-News: Mormon News and Events Forwarding is permitted as long as this footer is included Mormon News items may not be posted to the World Wide Web sites without permission. Please link to our pages instead. For more information see http://www.MormonsToday.com/ Send join and remove commands to: majordomo@MormonsToday.com Put appropriate commands in body of the message: To join: subscribe mormon-news To leave: unsubscribe mormon-news To join digest: subscribe mormon-news-digest - - AML-List, a mailing list for the discussion of Mormon literature http://www.xmission.com/~aml/aml-list.htm ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 13 May 2000 12:14:50 -0700 (MST) From: aml@xmission.com Subject: [AML] Richard Paul EVANS lawsuit dismissed Deseret News, Friday, May 12, 2000, 12:00 AM MDT Judge dismisses suit against author 'The Locket' plot did not violate any copyright laws By Hans Camporreales Deseret News staff writer When bestselling author Richard Paul Evans heard last year he was being accused of stealing the plot for his latest book from another author, he thought the whole thing was a joke. "A bad joke," he said at a news conference today. "The allegation was like being accused of shoplifting from a store I had never entered." Leisa Hancock, author of the 1995 novel "Laurel," had filed a federal copyright infringement lawsuit last summer claiming Evans copied elements from her work for his 1998 novel "The Locket." But this week, U.S. District Judge Dee Benson dismissed the lawsuit ruling in a 24-page decision that despite similarities between the two works, "no reasonable observer, properly instructed in the law, could conclude (Evans) unlawfully appropriated protected expressions from (Hancock's) novel." "Granting (Hancock) copyright protection =97 a monopoly =97 in her novel's theme and plot would effectively rob society of the possibility of continued advancement of the genre of romantic novels," Benson's ruling states. Moreover, "no evidence exists from which a reasonable trier of fact could find the sequences of events to be substantially similar" in both works, as Hancock had claimed. Hancock's attorney was not available for comment at press time. Evans' attorney, Tom Vuksinick, said it is not unusual for successful authors to get sued on similar claims. "It happens quite frequently actually," Vuksinick said. "Basically, what happens is that there are common themes that run through basic genres. An author sees a basic theme in a successful work and says, he copied that from me." Basic themes can be recycled as long as the author uses his own words, Vuksinick said, as is evidenced by many similarly plotted films distributed today. "It has been said that it is easy to write a novel, you just slit your wrists and let them bleed on the pages," Evans said. But "to be falsely and publicly accused of stealing something I gave so much of myself to create was awful." Evans says he is at work on his sixth novel, "The Carousel," a sequel to "The Locket." Copyright 2000, Deseret News Publishing Corp.=20 - - AML-List, a mailing list for the discussion of Mormon literature http://www.xmission.com/~aml/aml-list.htm ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 13 May 2000 12:27:20 -0600 (MDT) From: Ivan Angus Wolfe Subject: [AML] LTUE mailing list (sf&f at BYU) allrighty - For those who want to be kept informed at what will be going on with Life, The Unvierse and Everything, please sunscribe to our newly created e-mail list. Subscribe: ltue-subscribe@egroups.com So far we have Tracy Hickman as a Guest of Honor. This e-mail list will give official announcements, calls for papers, summaries of what went on at our metings, and also allow for feedback and questions from the list subscribers. It is moderated. Thank you all. - --Ivan Wolfe - - AML-List, a mailing list for the discussion of Mormon literature http://www.xmission.com/~aml/aml-list.htm ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 14 May 2000 01:06:59 -0500 From: Brent Hugh Subject: [AML] Re: [AML-Mag] MN 2000 PEARL Awards ... : Faith Centered Music Association >[MOD (AML-LIST): The press release doesn't mention the words "LDS" or >"Mormon," but the names seem predominantly, if not entirely, LDS. Can >someone give additional background on these awards and their relationship to >the Mormon community?] A quick internet search revealed this article about the first PEARL Awards: - ------------------------ Mormon Music Industry Inaugurates PEARL Awards PEGGY FLETCHER STACK THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE Saturday, August 8, 1998 On Friday, the Faith Centered Music Association (FCMA) will present the first PEARL Awards to Mormon artists who ``honor excellence in faith-centered music.'' ``It will be like LDS music meets the Grammys,'' says Jeff Simpson of Excel Entertainment in Salt Lake City, who organized the event. Created in 1997, the FCMA is a nonprofit corporation governed by a nine-member board of directors headed by Simpson. The organization brings together musicians, industry leaders and others interested in ``raising the quality and expanding the reach of faith-promoting music,'' Simpson says. . . . Simpson, who left his job at Disney and bought Embryo Music from LDS composer Lex D'Azevedo a few years ago, said Mormons need music that ``celebrates the LDS way of life, not only chapel-appropriate works.'' - ------------------------ ++++++++++++ Brent Hugh / bhugh@griffon.mwsc.edu ++++++++++++++ + Missouri Western St College Dept of Music, St. Joseph, MO + + Piano Home Page: http://www.mwsc.edu/~bhugh + + Internet Piano Concert: http://www.mwsc.edu/~bhugh/recit + ++++ Classical Piano MP3s: http://www.mp3.com/brent_d_hugh ++++ - - AML-List, a mailing list for the discussion of Mormon literature http://www.xmission.com/~aml/aml-list.htm ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 14 May 2000 08:29:36 -0600 From: "D. Michael Martindale" Subject: [AML] New LDS writers group On May 11 a new LDS writers group was established called Worldsmiths. We operate entirely over the Internet, scheduling weeks when our manuscripts will be read and critiqued. The manuscripts are uploaded onto a private webpage only accessible to other members, who then download the manuscripts, read them, and post a critique online. We consider any manuscript that can be classified as LDS literature, which means at least one of the followiing must be true about it: 1. It was written by an LDS member 2. It was written for LDS members 3. It was written about something LDS Several of us are especially interested in what we call "LDS speculative fiction," meaning a story that asks the question "what if?" about something that is currently not true (as far as we know). But that is not a requirement of the group. If you are interested in learning more, visit our website at http://www.wwno.com/worldsmiths - -- D. Michael Martindale, moderator of Worldsmiths dmichael@wwno.com ================================== Check out Worldsmiths, the new online LDS writers group, at http://www.wwno.com/worldsmiths Sponsored by Worlds Without Number http://www.wwno.com ================================== - - AML-List, a mailing list for the discussion of Mormon literature http://www.xmission.com/~aml/aml-list.htm ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 14 May 2000 08:24:06 -0700 (MST) From: aml@xmission.com Subject: [AML] Dennis SMITH Deseret News, Wednesday, May 10, 2000, 12:00 AM MDT Sculptor returns to roots for inspiration Utahn creates 2 sculptures of LDS emigrants for Denmark By Sharon Haddock Deseret News staff writer ALPINE - Dennis Smith thinks of the Mormon emigrants depicted in some of his most recent sculptures as his ancestors. And, at the same time, they're everybody else's, as well. "I was taking from my own personal experiences to create an image that has symbolism universally," says Smith, an Alpine artist who was commissioned by an organization known as "Descendants and Friends of Denmark" to create two statues for Denmark. Denmark is celebrating the 150th anniversary of the entry of missionaries of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints into the country and the subsequent emigration of nearly 18,000 Danish converts. "This is specific and universal," Smith said. One of his works, called the "The Mormon Emigrant Family," depicts a father and mother with a baby and two older children looking toward the sea as they prepare to leave their homeland. A grandmother presses against them from behind, looking back at everything she's known and everything she's leaving. "The sculpture comes out of my own experience and knowledge," Smith said. "The little brother is the 4-month-old baby who died just days before the family reached New York, but it could be anybody's baby. "Lots of babies died coming over. My great-grandmother remembered seeing this baby, her little brother, slide off the side of the ship into the water." The 15-year-old girl, he says, could be his great-grandmother, named Kristina, who also is the inspiration for another statue, which is a re-creation of an earlier work. Both are being shipped to Denmark this month for celebrations scheduled in July in Copenhagen and Rebild. Smith created the sculpture called "Kristina" 30 years ago based on strong impressions he has about his great-grandmother. "When I was in Denmark on my mission, I responded to the area," Smith said. "The sculpture of 'Kristina' is an outgrowth of those feelings." The statue is a tall, sinewy replica of a girl standing on the seashore with the wind blowing her hair straight back. The original stands in the sculpture garden at Brigham Young University and inspired the commission for Smith to do the work for the Denmark organization. "They originally wanted Kristina, and then they wanted one in two places," Smith said. "That didn't feel quite right, so we came up with the emigrant family idea. I sat down and worked up a little wax study that will eventually be sold to countries all over the world because it can represent families from a number of countries." The larger bronze statue weighs about 1,800 pounds and took Smith 18 months to complete. It's daubed with little bits of clay - in Smith's impressionistic signature style - and stands about 10 feet tall. Both statues will be unveiled in Denmark by Elder Russell M. Nelson, a member of the LDS Church's Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. Elder Nelson will present Smith's statue of the family to the Danish royal family July 4 during the annual celebration at Rebild National Park in Juland, where Danes have gathered since 1922 to celebrate America's Independence Day and the close ties between the countries. Two days later, Elder Nelson will present the statue of the girl to the mayor of Copenhagen in the harbor area of Amerikakajen, where emigrants once boarded ships for the United States. Copyright 2000, Deseret News Publishing Corp. - - AML-List, a mailing list for the discussion of Mormon literature http://www.xmission.com/~aml/aml-list.htm ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 14 May 2000 08:54:39 -0700 (MST) From: aml@xmission.com Subject: [AML] BRADY, _Great Gardens_ [From the Sunday Salt Lake Tribune] "Great Gardens!" is a rapid-fire comedy by former Utahn Josh Brady about Mother Ilene and her fractured family celebration at the Great Gardens All-You-Can-Eat Buffet. Becky Baird directs the play, a product of the 1998 Writers-Director-Actors workshop at Brigham Young University. Running at the Little London Dinner Theater (20 S. Main St., Pleasant Grove) on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays through June 24. Tickets are $25, which includes meal and show. - - AML-List, a mailing list for the discussion of Mormon literature http://www.xmission.com/~aml/aml-list.htm ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 14 May 2000 10:27:27 -0700 (MST) From: aml@xmission.com Subject: [AML] Dennis SMITH Alpine artist shapes scenery around him 05/14/2000 By PAT CHRISTIAN The Daily Herald ALPINE -- Artist Dennis Smith's studio in Alpine looks like God's pre-mortal workshop. You can see human bodies in various grades of completion, form and peculiarity in his big studio located at the Alpine Art Center, 450 S. Alpine Highway. Working in soft, reddish-brown clay, Smith piloted a tool, adjusting the face of a brother holding his younger sibling aloft. With his outstretched arms, the younger boy seemed to be flying, thanks to his brother's lift. Imaginative fantasy of flight and escape from earth seems to be woven through the numerous artistic works of Alpine/Highland artist Dennis Smith. "I never thought of it exactly this way, but an artist is a toolmaker," Smith said, working on another area of the face of the sculpture that will be a permanent display at a bank in American Fork. Smith said art is a tool that extends our awareness and builds our ability to see the things constantly around us. "So just like the plumber or other members of communities, artists are important in order to expand aesthetic awareness," he said. In another area of the skylighted studio, a 12-foot-high clay sculpture looks almost completed. It depicts a child riding on the back of what I took for a flying swan or crane. Smith told me it was destined to be cast in bronze for a government plaza in Hayward, Calif. Growing up on a farm in Alpine 50 or so years ago, just up the river from the studio, Smith has always been fascinated with flight and art. He studied art at BYU, and after graduating, went on for advanced studies at the Royal Academy of Art in Copenhagen, Denmark, where he says he was influenced by the humanistic themes and figurative expression of Scandinavian art. Then he returned to Utah to begin his professional career as an artist. Some of his most memorable works have been imaginative flying machines formed of metal rods and cloth. Thousands of people still enjoy these Smith creations, where they still hang from the ceiling at the Salt Lake International Airport and at other locations. As he worked, Smith talked about art and life, saying he's always been deeply taken with the concept of flight. Several years ago, he even flew about Alpine in one of the first powered parachutes in the valley that, ironically, looked like one of his fantasy flying machines. But Smith has since given up real flying, because it took so much time away from his art and the loftier flights of his imagination. His bronze figures -- often of women and children in motion, like the one of a woman playfully swinging a little girl around -- have become very popular. "My writing has always been important to express the poetry of what I want to express," he said. "The most important thing to me is expression, and I use whatever tool seems best." I asked him if he uses models, and he said he works from memory or whatever happens to be handy. A few minutes later, Smith said, "You asked about models, well, I just used you for this ear." There's a lot of his grandchildren in his clay and bronze children, usually a combination of them in a single work, he said. He thinks what surprises many people who think they've got him pegged as a clay and bronze sculptor is his assemblage art, where he takes common objects, like an old typewriter, and uses them and other throwaways to create a work of art. Smith has another studio at his Bull River home in Highland. Inside his home studio, thingamabobs and what'cha-ma'call-its hang all over. Outside, old bike parts, computer relics and everything else imaginable are developing just the right rust patina. Smith is in the 25th year of his artistic career and has gained international prominence as a figurative sculptor. Smith's works are on permanent public display in 15 states; Chernivtzy, Ukraine; and the American Embassies in Moscow, London and Prague. Artistically and financially proven and successful, Smith joined with partners to develop the Alpine Art Center. Inside the multi-million dollar building, melting pots glow red at their Adonis Bronze Foundry, hot enough to turn ingots of hard metal into pourable fire that can turn what an artist molded in soft, malleable clay into unflinching, nearly-eternal bronze. Artistically, the Alpine Art Center is the premier art site in Utah County, if not the entire state. Smith looked like he might be done with the sculpture he had been working with. "I better leave this alone before I ruin it," he said. He walked over to a work that is particularly close to his heart. It depicts a Mormon Danish family waiting on the docks for a ship that would soon be taking them to the United States and Utah. The young woman in the sculpture is actually Smith's grandmother, Kristina, and the others are her siblings, parents and her grandmother. This sculpture and another of just Kristina are to be placed in Denmark this July. His job is, and never will be, complete. You can tell that from still unfinished projects at both of his studios. The ones in his imagination can't be counted in this lifetime. "I'll never retire," he said, adding that as long as he's able, he will create. "I'm living my wildest dream." You can learn more about Smith and his work on the Internet at www.smithsculpture.com. Pat Christian can be reached at 344-2556 or at pchristi@heraldextra.com. This Story appeared in The Daily Herald on Sunday, May 14, 2000 12:00:00 AM and was printed on page C1 Last Updated Saturday, May 13, 2000 11:30:03 PM The Daily Herald Copyright 2000, Pulitzer Community Newspapers, Inc. - - AML-List, a mailing list for the discussion of Mormon literature http://www.xmission.com/~aml/aml-list.htm ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 14 May 2000 16:24:59 EDT From: Paynecabin@aol.com Subject: [AML] Women in Scriptures (was: Reading the Scriptures) <> <> Couple of other possibilities: Nephi's unnamed sisters. They showed up in a recent church film project, and as their on-camera father I took the liberty of giving them names that I think any prospective authors should seriously consider: Lemuelette and Lehi-dean. Marvin Payne - - AML-List, a mailing list for the discussion of Mormon literature http://www.xmission.com/~aml/aml-list.htm ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 13 May 2000 23:10:46 EDT From: Larry Jackson Subject: [AML] Fair Use in Copyright On another list, there was mention of a "fair use copy" of an entire document. I was wondering from our experienced copyright folks if there is really such a thing. Can copying the entire document really be "fair use", even if it is only for "personal research"? Sounds a mite excessive to me. The document was a thesis, and the person did offer to "not pass on copies", and is assisting others in locating the document. Any thoughts? Larry Jackson - - AML-List, a mailing list for the discussion of Mormon literature http://www.xmission.com/~aml/aml-list.htm ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 15 May 2000 10:19:57 PDT From: "R.W. Rasband" Subject: [AML] Cantabile Chorale in Heber City, May 16 If I may submit a shameless plug, the Cantabile Chorale (in which I sing bass) is holding its spring concert in Heber City on May 16. We will be singing Schubert's Mass No. 2, accompanied by the Mountain Valley String Orchestra, a fine group a musicians in their own right. We will also perform some popular tunes (heavy on the Rogers and Hammerstein.) Come to the new Heber Valley Medical Center in the Atrium at 8:00 p.m. (it's on Highway 40 just west of the Provo turnoff.) We will also have food provided by the excellent Caroline Hogwood caterers, and its all free of charge to the public (sponsored by the Heber Valley Arts Council.) Come and join us for a refreshing evening of music. R.W. Rasband Heber City, UT rrasband@hotmail.com ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com - - AML-List, a mailing list for the discussion of Mormon literature http://www.xmission.com/~aml/aml-list.htm ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 13 May 2000 22:38:07 -0400 From: Shawn Ambrose Subject: RE: [AML] MN 2000 PEARL Awards ... : Faith Centered Music Association It's interesting that in the Pearl Awards nominations, many people appeared many times each. Either they are doing exceptional work (I think they are) or they are the only ones whose material meets the Pearl Awards criterion. Could it be that the money involved in hit music draws artists away from the faith end of the spectrum out into the middle ground of so-so music and then even into the sensational dirt end of the spectrum? You know how the pop music industry makes a lot of its money? By promising dirt and delivering dirt. I'm glad to see that some artists resist the urge to do likewise. By the way, did you know that Christina Aguilera was raised Mormon? Melinda Ambrose - - AML-List, a mailing list for the discussion of Mormon literature http://www.xmission.com/~aml/aml-list.htm ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 13 May 2000 09:36:26 From: Marilyn Brown Subject: Re: [AML] AML Readings Great, Chris! So glad to see you on this right away. I say we do something with Read Leaf. Yea. Marilyn - - AML-List, a mailing list for the discussion of Mormon literature http://www.xmission.com/~aml/aml-list.htm ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 15 May 2000 10:26:12 -0400 From: Dean FH Macy Subject: [AML] Jesus on CBS Yesterday, Sunday, I watched most of the first half of CBS's "Jesus" which started me thinking about Jesus as a man and as of the Son of God. I have never thought of Him as a "normal" person. I always pictured Jesus as a serious person, never laughing, playing games or dancing. The mini-series really got me thinking in a whole new light. Jesus must have had a great amount of charisma to attract others. I'm sure the people of that time were not first attracted to Him by His words. There had to be something else. People of that day, I believe, were similar to us; a rather suspicious lot. With all the turmoil and strife of that day one had to have an attraction to garner all who followed. I know about charisma. I am a kid magnet, which often arouses distrust in others. I can never walk around in a supermarket without passing a cart wherein sits a toddler, without that toddler reaching out to me, his or her eyes asking to be picked up. Or having some little one leave his/her mother and follow me around smiling and talking as if he/she had known me for years; the mother telling me afterward that her child never does this with anyone. I imagine Jesus had this kind of magnetism. We often see paintings of His passing people who are reaching out to Him, children and adults alike. What our paintings do not show is His propensity to show love in a smile or a touch or His playfulness. We just never think about that side of Him; that part of Him which the mini-series portrayed. The scene with the water fight and His dancing with the children put His character in perspective- one which, for some reason, I accepted as possible. I was wondering if any of you had similar thoughts and reactions to this portrayal of Him. Dean - -- Dean FH Macy, Lit.D./Mus.D. - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Specializing in Management of exceptionally talented LDS youth in Music" EPI Records - NetWork Films - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Making children do something they don't want to do is the job of the parents. If that doesn't work, there are always juvenile detention centers." - Mike R. - - - AML-List, a mailing list for the discussion of Mormon literature http://www.xmission.com/~aml/aml-list.htm ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 15 May 2000 02:17:57 -0600 From: Kathleen Woodbury Subject: Re: [AML] Fair Use in Copyright At 11:10 PM 5/13/00 EDT, Larry Jackson wrote: >On another list, there was mention of a "fair use copy" >of an entire document. I was wondering from our >experienced copyright folks if there is really such a thing. > >Can copying the entire document really be "fair use", >even if it is only for "personal research"? Sounds a >mite excessive to me. > >The document was a thesis, and the person did offer >to "not pass on copies", and is assisting others in >locating the document. > >Any thoughts? I believe is supposed to be okay, in some circumstances (usually educational), to make a copy of an entire document. I think permission has to be printed with the document, though. I don't think it's called "fair use" though I may be wrong about that. (The idea of "fair use" is that permission is not required because "fair use" doesn't involve copying more than a small part of a document and usually refers to quotes in reviews and such.) When theses were only available in college libraries, didn't the libraries have rules about whether a complete hesis could be copied? Surely there is something similar wherever the thesis is available now (on the internet, perhaps)? As more and more things become available on the internet, problems with copying them are going to increase. (Those who want to make copies are going to argue that if the author didn't want it copied, the author should not have put it on the internet in the first place, and so on.) Fiction authors are having problems right now with this-- people who are =not= the copyright owners are scanning other author's stories into their computers and putting them up on the internet every day. (As a SFWA member, I see alerts about this kind of thing as often as once a week, or so it seems.) Kathleen Dalton-Woodbury workshop@burgoyne.com - - AML-List, a mailing list for the discussion of Mormon literature http://www.xmission.com/~aml/aml-list.htm ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 15 May 2000 16:32:59 -0600 From: "Darvell" Subject: Re:[AML] Women in Scriptures (was: Reading the Scriptures) Paynecabin@aol.com >Couple of other possibilities: Nephi's unnamed sisters. >They showed up in a recent church film project, and as >their on-camera father I took the liberty of giving them >names that I think any prospective authors should >seriously consider: >Lemuelette and Lehi-dean. > >Marvin Payne I've wondered about the reference of Nephi's sisters in the Book of Mormon. Was he referring to full-blood sisters or sisters-in-law? If he had sisters, who did they marry? As I understood it, all of Ishmael's sons already had wives. Would Lehi really have allowed his daughters to go without husbands? (Maybe Ishmael's grandsons from his sons marriages? I dunno.) For this reason, I'm not really convinced that Nephi had sisters. But from a literature point of view, it doesn't matter, does it? Creative license comes into play when the known facts don't complete the picture. Darvell Darvell Hunt, Las Vegas, NV _____________________________________________ Free email with personality! Over 200 domains! http://www.MyOwnEmail.com - - AML-List, a mailing list for the discussion of Mormon literature http://www.xmission.com/~aml/aml-list.htm ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 15 May 2000 16:21:01 -0600 From: Steve Perry Subject: Re: [AML] MN 2000 PEARL Awards ... : Faith Centered Music Association Melinda: > > It's interesting that in the Pearl Awards nominations, many people appeared > many times each. Either they are doing exceptional work (I think they are) > or they are the only ones whose material meets the Pearl Awards criterion. The first round of voting includes all eligible recordings submitted--this means the initial ballot has as many as thirty entries in some categories. After the initial voting has taken place, the accounting firm announces the finalists in each category. That list of finalists is what you saw. Hope that helps, Steve - ----- http://www.stevenkappperry.com - - AML-List, a mailing list for the discussion of Mormon literature http://www.xmission.com/~aml/aml-list.htm ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 15 May 2000 17:29:43 -0600 From: "Cathy Wilson" Subject: Re: [AML] Jesus on CBS Dean writes about his response to this program. I really liked the idea of a charismastic Jesus, although the actor playing him doesn't quite bring off the charisma. I say YES to the dance scenes (although for heaven's sake why didn't they consult a Jewish rabbi? Men would not dance with women) but no to the water fight. He was 33 and I think he wouldn't have been in so much of an OurGang mode. I have long felt that He had to be very charismatic; how could anyone get mad at someone as static as most of the art renderings of Jesus are. I am sure he smiled a lot :). There are good things about that program, although the artistic license which makes Mary Magdalene a hard whore--and other things--seems a little much. Cathy (Gileadi) Wilson Editing Etc. 15 East 600 North Price UT 84501 435-637-8744 - - AML-List, a mailing list for the discussion of Mormon literature http://www.xmission.com/~aml/aml-list.htm ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 15 May 2000 18:10:50 -0700 From: "Eric D. Snider" Subject: [AML] BRADY: "Great Gardens!" review (From The Daily Herald, May 19, 2000.) "Great Gardens!" By ERIC D. SNIDER The Daily Herald PLEASANT GROVE -- Great Gardens! is a fictional buffet restaurant (think Golden Corral) that thinks so highly of itself, it puts an exclamation mark in its name. "Great Gardens!" is a new comedy that cracks open the idiosyncracies of Mormon family life, but does it in a much more subtle, less self-aggrandizing manner. The family in this play is, at least to some degree, your family and mine, but "Great Gardens!" doesn't scream that fact to us through broad satire or slapstick parody (even though Mormon culture would be an easy target for it). Instead, it presents the characters and all their quirks, and lets us slowly realize that, like it or not, we're them and they're us. Written by Josh Brady two years ago at BYU, where it received a staged reading and then a small-scale production, "Great Gardens!" takes place in the titular restaurant in Houston. The family is celebrating the return of daughter Neilene (Susan Keller) from her LDS mission, and everyone's got a satchel of problems to deal with. The No. 1 problem is mom, Ilene (Reyna Ricks), the quintissential image-conscious Mormon Mom, worrying about whether the stake president, dining in the same restaurant, will notice her drinking a Diet Coke, or what people will think when they see the family sitting at the counter (which she says is a "bar"). Ilene is a loving mother, but she hen-pecks everyone she can get her beak on. Suffering the brunt of it is her oldest son, Lyle (Nathan Mitchell), a returned missionary who has since been married and divorced and is now inactive and -- the biggest embarrassment of all -- doesn't wear his garments anymore. Lyle and Ilene spar constantly, especially when Ilene starts expressing undue concern over the weight Neilene may have gained while in England, and Lyle rushes to his sister's defense. Also in the family is sister Sariah (Brooklyn Hale), a 20-year-old who is showing every sign of becoming just like her mother. This doesn't bode well for her fiance, the already-submissive Brook (Ben Sansom). Finally, there's dad Neil (Joel R. Wallin) and younger brother Jared (Mason Reed Lefler), who also take after each other. Neil is quiet most of the time, not because he's been beaten into submission by Ilene, but because he's learned to choose his battles wisely. (When he does fight her, he wins.) Jared earns some of the biggest laughs of the play simply by trying to eat his dinner, oblivious to the mayhem surrounding him. Josh Brady has a keen ear for dialogue. The teens talk like teens, the Texans talk like Texans, and the Mormons talks like Mormons. Sarah complains about her hair being messed up in Lyle's car on the way over, and about how she's hungry. Finally she says, "Fine, I'll just suffer," to which Lyle adds, "In silence, please." Ilene wants a taste of something Lyle's eating, even though Lyle is all the way at the end of the counter -- which means she passes her fork down the line to get a sample. Unable to see why no one wants to do this, she says, "You act like we asked you to poop a cantaloupe." The performances generally complement the excellent script (which has deeper nuances in the characters' relationships than you might at first think). Ricks is outstanding as the huge-haired mother who slowly realizes that everything is not always about her, and Keller's Neilene earns sympathy as the character who is the unwilling catalyst for most of the action. The others give realism (mostly comic) to their roles, making the ensemble as a whole very strong. This family is a smorgasbord of dysfunction, and they're a delight to watch. Grade: A- - -- *************************************************** Eric D. Snider www.ericdsnider.com "Filling all your Eric D. Snider needs since 1974." - - AML-List, a mailing list for the discussion of Mormon literature http://www.xmission.com/~aml/aml-list.htm ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 15 May 2000 18:37:48 -0700 From: Barbara@techvoice.com (Barbara R. Hume) Subject: Re: [AML] Jesus on CBS >I was wondering if any of you had similar thoughts and reactions to this portrayal >of Him. > >Dean I've always thought of Jesus as a real person--as a real man. Of course he was not always dour and serious. He knew God the Father personally! What could be better than that? He understood that we have a God who operates on the principle that "Man is, that he might have joy." Children are not attracted to the sour-faced Puritan type of person, but to a person who clearly loves them. barbara hume - - AML-List, a mailing list for the discussion of Mormon literature http://www.xmission.com/~aml/aml-list.htm ------------------------------ End of aml-list-digest V1 #40 *****************************