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Burninator · 04-03-2009, 01:57 PM

Sorry to bump this thread but I got to thinking about what art is.

I think what some people (RT14 included) are confusing is not what is art and what it isn't, it's what is good art and what is bad art. I think if the person doing it thinks it's art, then it's art. Art can be such an all encompassing and abstract word and action that it's too hard to define within the scope of something even equal abstract as skill or any other rigid definition. I think it's much harder to have the argument over whether or not something is art or not than it is to have over whether or not the art is any good or has any merit.

Here is a good analogy that I heard. A song is always a song whether you like it or not. Take for example the song Patio Lanterns by Kim Mitchell. I happen to think it's a huge steaming pile of crap song. It's still a song though, I would be crazy to say that because I don't like it, it's no longer a song.

I think the same thing goes for this. It's art, let the discussing start with whether or not it's good or bad. Art is not defined by whether or not you can do it or if you like it or not.

04-03-2009, 01:57 PM	#28
Burninator Franchise Player Join Date: Dec 2003 Exp:	Sorry to bump this thread but I got to thinking about what art is. I think what some people (RT14 included) are confusing is not what is art and what it isn't, it's what is good art and what is bad art. I think if the person doing it thinks it's art, then it's art. Art can be such an all encompassing and abstract word and action that it's too hard to define within the scope of something even equal abstract as skill or any other rigid definition. I think it's much harder to have the argument over whether or not something is art or not than it is to have over whether or not the art is any good or has any merit. Here is a good analogy that I heard. A song is always a song whether you like it or not. Take for example the song Patio Lanterns by Kim Mitchell. I happen to think it's a huge steaming pile of crap song. It's still a song though, I would be crazy to say that because I don't like it, it's no longer a song. I think the same thing goes for this. It's art, let the discussing start with whether or not it's good or bad. Art is not defined by whether or not you can do it or if you like it or not.