Hi Lance, I conclude, per your comments, that I am not “up for making something of great value” because I disagree that art’s subject dictates rules to the artist. It’s a long, long discussion often started early in one’s career whether art has rules or is, in fact, the closest we can get to expressing completely freely…. in the name of art.
Additionally, you’re mis-interpreting that I didn’t include East New Orleans or the Algiers area because it was too hard, like travel to the moon. As I said in my last email, the decision was made for aesthetic reasons and to be able to render the neighborhoods legible. That is to say, I have to assume you’ve taken the time to visually inspect the true boundaries of New Orleans. And considered that the additional areas are 4 times the size of the area that is currently shown, so proper NO would be at least 1/6th the size as it currently is. Even to include the whole of 70114 and 70131 would render it less than half the size it is now and leave 2/3rds of the poster empty white space. We could have included only part of the southern strip, but I wasn’t comfortable taking license to determine where that arbitrary boundary is. After considering all of these things, we made the decision to include the proper area only. And that certainly wasn’t the easiest choice we could have made. I can see how looking in from the outside, one would be quick to assume that though.
Hope I’ve communicated better this time and you can find other artwork that more suitably satiates your desire for community pride.
That reply would be fine except for the “proper area” quip. Stop saying that!!! It does not mean what you think it means.