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Subject:	Re: The pseudo-intellectual ramblings of a cool-guy wanna-be.
Newsgroups:	lugnet.general
Date:	Mon, 6 Jun 2005 17:16:04 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Larry Pieniazek wrote:

Art is in the eye of the beholder. If a piece does the things that art is supposed to do (instill emotion, make one think, make one wonder) it’s art.

Actually you can go further from this premise. I have interesting thoughts going through my mind while sitting in a train for example. Would you count the scenery I see passing by as art? It’s about as good as implying EVERYTHING around us is art. (1)

2 - conversely this is why I’m down on 8 wide and on Miniland scale (if only in fun)... they both lift the limits that others deal with, and in a sense, are a cheat. (not that it’s wrong, if it feels good, do it...)

Mwahaha. A gradual progress to the DARK side :-P

Legoswami

(1) NOT saying there’s anything wrong with that.

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		Re: The pseudo-intellectual ramblings of a cool-guy wanna-be.
(...) The original definition of Art is that it is man-made. Specifically, it seperates the world of human made objects (Art) from non-human made objects (Nature). I'd say that any definition of art has to include some manipulation by humans(1) - if (...) (19 years ago, 6-Jun-05, to lugnet.general, FTX)

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		Re: The pseudo-intellectual ramblings of a cool-guy wanna-be.
(...) Sure it is. If it's not a high point for Ham, he's using the bong incorrectly.(1) (...) Art is in the eye of the beholder. If a piece does the things that art is supposed to do (instill emotion, make one think, make one wonder) it's art. (...) (19 years ago, 6-Jun-05, to lugnet.general, FTX)

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