Glenn Michael Morley

Website Explosion

today likely represented the greatest shuffle my website has ever known since it was first created just over a decade ago - as some of my viewers may have noticed in the "new" gallery arrangement - Art Majeur has blocked numerous ( 28 / 112 ) images on my website claiming they are not "art" - I have had a long and somewhat volatile discussion with them over this as their actions come across to me as near-censorship - as I stated - why interfere? - why not just let the people decide what is "art" by either viewing or not those works that they consider "art" rather than having someone(?) at Art Majeur make those decisions ! - their argument was that if the work did not fit into one of their "categories" it had to be removed - the alternative was to chuff it into the "news" section - I found this small consolation - there is no category at all for poetry and most of mine were blocked - after further consideration I could appreciate their point to a degree and duly deleted a few of the more obvious offensive "images" - however - much of the work you will now find in the News section is what Art Majeur has blocked - this includes my original historical writing + mathematical writing + original piano composition ... none of which is considered "art" despite my viewers obvious interest - I did consider leaving the website over this but have instead chosen to simply comply for the time being - it is difficult to create a website like Art Majeur to cover ALL the multitude of creative and artistic mediums that exist - where we - they - draw that "line" is a very difficult question to answer - I was told that my submittals represented a tiny percentage and hence no category exists for such works - I think that is somewhat unfair but rather than simply hut shop I have endeavoured to carry on for now - I have decided to delete the entire Phase One Gallery since it was meant to be an oil-painting + music + film project with (3) more Phases - my current life circumstances have made that less feasible since 2012 so I will simply mothball it for now - I am not allowed to submit the Piano CD nor the accompanying Textbook for that Phase so the decision was nixie - ALL of the original (40) oil paintings still reside in the four seasons Gallery - I have created a Poem Gallery with some "special" input by Art Majeur to allow them to not be blocked - this seems mostly temporary though so you might not see any more poems - the Poems textbook is blocked because it is only an "image" - lastly we have the photography Gallery with the original photographs allowed and a few carry-overs that were spared the "censors" knife - in all there are now only (80) works instead of (112) works - a 28.574% decrease - not much I can do save to setup my own website and include ALL my works which is something I will consider in the future if Art Majeur does not relax their strict category rules or open up new categories to accommodate artists like myself - apologies for all the turmoil - there may be a bit more coming but THAT is what has caused the outcome you now see - for better or worse? - as I stated - anything that brings interest to and from the viewers should be seen as a positive but Art Majeur does not agree - I will give them the opportunity to adjust as I have adjusted to their demands and we will see what the longer term outcome is - for now - please continue to enjoy the reduced website ...