Despite your voyeuristic lust for nearly naked bodies as the best reason to enjoy the Olympic contests, all Olympic events are based on quantifiable activities. The arts are not quantifiable, except in ways that measure irrlelvant features, skills, etc. Thus I would not compete in any art Olympics, naked or clothed.
Your understanding of meaninglessness is very shallow. For a person who admires all thing Eastern, I'm surprised you don't sense connections between the meditative practices of Oriental philosophy and religions and the very substantial concept of menainglessness. But then few Westerners do comprehend anything that is not intrinsically materialist and therefore quantifiable. Same old Millerism. WC --- On Fri, 8/22/08, Chris Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Chris Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Art in the Olympics > To: [email protected] > Date: Friday, August 22, 2008, 11:44 AM > Call me a casual fan of the televised Olympics - for me, > it's like !browsing > through a coffee table book of beautiful pictures -- not > really caring much > who wins -- just enjoying the sight of all those young, > strong, buff, agile > bodies -- each one unique -- just like snowflakes. > > (so I suppose it's no surprise that my favorite event > is beach volleyball - > which seems to be on constant rotation on our local Spanish > station -- and how > I wish the track and field competitors all wore bikinis as > well!) > > But what about art? Painting-sculpture-music-literature > used to be Olympic > events (Josef Suk once won a silver medal) -- why are they > no longer included > ? > > According to Wikipedi -- the arts were all dropped in 1954 > -- because > "in 1949, a report was presented at the IOC meeting in > Rome which concluded > that practically all contestants in the art competitions > were professionals, > and that the competitions should therefore be > abolished" > > > But Hey! > > The distinction between amateur/professional is no longer > made by the IOC -- > so let's bring them back. > > Of course, I'd like to see competitions in various > traditional arts -- like > Chinese brush painting, Japanese ceramics, European figure > drawing etc. > > But -- I wouldn't object to having various avant garde > categories as well -- > perhaps a competition for "meaninglessness" that > William and his colleagues > could enter -- or "most critical of Capitalist > society" for Saul and his > friends.(actually -- I would like to see a competition for > "geo-form" > painting) > > I'm sure I would find it all fascinating -- and might > even prefer it to all > those young, lithe bodies twisting and tumbling through > space. > > ____________________________________________________________ > Take a break - you deserve it. Click here to find a great > vacation. > http://thirdpartyoffers.netzero.net/TGL2231/fc/Ioyw6ijmedDA5CWmvm8Zv9T2sze5FC > TCmeu2IoFzAorMgAE2E6mV0I/
