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Re: Is Lego Art, or what?
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lugnet.general
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Fri, 16 Feb 2001 21:34:31 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Jonathan Lill writes:
> Do you make things you consider art?
Nah, I don't consider them art.
> Do you consider your Lego creations artworks?
No. I guess I feel like I'm not an artist because too much of the medium has
just been given to me
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> Do you make things which aren't strictly speaking Lego creations but involve
> the use of bricks (i.e. multimedia collages)?
No.
> Do you call yourself an artist?
> Are you a professional in a creative field such as graphic or industrial
> design or architecture?
No.
> Are you able to utilize Lego in your profession apart from merely sharing
> your enjoyment with your coworkers?
No
> If both building and playing with Lego is a creative pursuit, how does it
> differ from other creative pursuits such as painting or sculpting?
Lego is at present my only creative pursuit. (I spend the rest of my free time
studying Geography, which is my true love.)
> If you don't consider your Lego creations art, why not?
Again, I feel kinda guilty considering it art.
> At the bottom of this inquiry
> is the question of what the activity of playing with Lego really consists of
> and how it is or can be integrated with one's life.
It is my creative outlet.
james
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| I am really bored at work today so I am taking this opportunity to ask all you LUGNET people questions which have been interesting me a bit. I spend much of my time away from work making art. I consider myself, in part, an artist. Unfortunately this (...) (24 years ago, 16-Feb-01, to lugnet.general)
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