This idea I have to like it for it to be art is pretty damn self-centered.
The world did not exist before I was born. When I go to sleep the world disappears. You are only a figment of my imagination. The only reason you don't agree with me is because I am paranoid, if I weren't I would never imagine anyone that did not agree with me. Nothing exists if I am not there to see it. There is a word for that kind of psychosis but I can not think of it right at the moment. frank theriault wrote: > On 8/22/07, Doug Franklin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> graywolf wrote: >>> [...] Personally I believe the intent of the artist, good or >>> bad is what makes something art. [...] >> My perspective is that the intent of the artist is what makes it art (or >> not) /to the artist/. And what I get from it is what makes it art (or >> not) /to me/. Technically, I guess that's a "viewer" centered appraisal. >> >> Just because the artist says it's art doesn't mean it's art /to me/. >> And just because I think it's art doesn't mean the person who created it >> had any artistic intention. With apologies to Freud, maybe it was just >> a cigar. :-) > > Bingo!! > > You said what I was trying to say much more concisely and precisely... > > cheers, > frank > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
