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Furlow does railroading the way I like to see it done: bold, visionary, uninhibited. I know the scenes he models end up being a bit impossible, but WOW look at just how much I do not care. He seems to have as his focus an attempt to capture the raw wonderment and thrill that we all got the first time we saw a train come rumbling round the bend. Remember being a kid, and having a simple love for trains? Furlow clearly does. <br /> <br />Very few of us approach our hobby as art; we approach it as craft. Those that nitpick his creations are thinking along craftsman lines, and they really don't understand what art is all about. Art produces subjective response. When you look at it, you can't help but have a reaction, be it emotional, instinctive, cognitive, or whatever. Many modern artists go for shock value by challenging social norms, but this is really the easiest (and lowest) form of art (I'm thinking of the likes of photos of urine in jars, that kind of thing). Worthwhile art seeks a resonance with a cultural condition, to harmonize or amplify the emotional state of the viewer. <br /> <br />Furlow as a model railroader is working in a medium where he knows what the viewer (i.e. railroad enthusiasts) esteems, and he builds his scenes to draw out our passion. Some of us, who criticize his work, are probably doing so because we have over-sophisticated ourselves, to the point that we can no longer enjoy trains at that basic, wide-eyed kid level. If this is true, then I pity the critics. Sure, I strive to keep improving my skills and upgrading my fleet, achieving ever higher standards and definining in very specific terms what my hobby interests are, but I will always enjoy a non-prototypical flight of fantasy led by Malcolm Furlow.
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