There is only one clear rule to art, create something.
mando
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From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Sun, October 17, 2010 11:06:06 AM
Subject: Re: "...There is the flux of [creativity?], but it occurs within the
ordering confinement of clear rules."
There are countless competitions in
"art", ranging from one-act play
contents, to piano competitions, to National
Book Awards, to Pulitzer Prizes.
But the only "rules" are usually confined
qualifications for inclusion in a
genre or sub-genre ("Must not exceed
ten-minutes playing time", "entrants must
play a work by Tchaikovski", "must
be about a minority in America".
The thing about sports is that it has sharp,
measurable decision
procedures. "Three strikes and you're out." "A ten-yard
penalty shall be
imposed for
tripping." "A field goal is three points." "Each
side may have no more than
eleven players on the field when the ball is in
play."
I can imagine no serious, useful utility to coming up with similar
procedural rules for "art".
In a message dated 10/16/10 10:30:48 AM,
[email protected] writes:
> Actually, it is. The rules are veiled but
ever-present and can be
> enforced by
> whim. Ugly.
> wc
>
>
> ----- Original
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> From: joseph berg <[email protected]>
> To: aesthetics-l
<[email protected]>
> Sent: Sat, October 16, 2010 5:43:16 AM
>
Subject: "...There is the flux of [creativity?], but it occurs within the
>
ordering confinement of clear rules."
>
> Should art be more like sport?
>
>
(Original quote below):
>
> - There is an aura of changelessness to sport.
There is the flux of
> competition, but it occurs within the ordering
confinement of clear rules.
>
> George F. Will
