tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16034332.post1687660798945709263..comments2024-03-04T03:38:43.177-05:00Comments on Self-Absorbed Boomer: So, just what is art, anyway?Claude Scaleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13183579833702456213noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16034332.post-64575731670224047772008-05-22T09:58:00.000-04:002008-05-22T09:58:00.000-04:00As I always say "I know Art, and that ain't him!" ...As I always say "I know Art, and that ain't him!" LOL.The Lone Beader®https://www.blogger.com/profile/17670946654211536130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16034332.post-41776145699398324962008-05-21T20:38:00.000-04:002008-05-21T20:38:00.000-04:00Interesting. It makes me think of a conversation ...Interesting. It makes me think of a conversation I had with Mrs. Archaeopteryx after we heard a story on NPR (maybe on This American Life) about a kid who did tricks with a basketball and who was featured on a Nike commercial. We finally decided that, "It's art if the artist says it is." So we came to the same conclusion as you--but you said it so much better.<BR/><BR/>I'm going to have to do some thinking on the concept of "evil art."Archaeopteryxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10627784327758008867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16034332.post-10701418229341168912008-05-21T18:21:00.000-04:002008-05-21T18:21:00.000-04:00I agree: one cannot “ascribe a normative dimension...I agree: one cannot “ascribe a normative dimension to the word ‘art’.”<BR/><BR/>“Formlessness on the brink of becoming something”: that rather sounds like life.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16939152657551690867noreply@blogger.com