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Article #672Re: Geeks Cultural Illiterates
From: Lizard
Date: Mon, 25 May 1998 00:00
Date: Mon, 25 May 1998 00:00
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Silly rabbit. If you liked it, it wasn't "art". Anything you derive pleasure from -- intellectual, emotional, or aesthetic pleasure -- isn't art. Art must be incomprehensible, meaningless, abstruse, and worthless. If you would pay for it *voluntarily*, then it can't be art. Hell, if you'd even *see* it voluntarily, for free, it isn't art. Art is stuff no one wants to see produced by people no one wants to watch. Don't you know that? The pleasure factor is vital. For example, most males would enjoy seeing an attractive woman pour chocolate syrup all over herself[1]. So it isn't art. But when Karen Findley(sp) does it, it *is* art, because no one in the audience enjoys it or is supposed to. Get it? Good. [1]Please alter all relevant genders as necessary for your own sexual preferences. For the lactose-intolerant[2], please substitute 'jello' or 'honey' instead of chocolate. [2]End lactose intolerance now! Equal rights for Lactations! No justice, no peace! *----------------------------------------------------* Evolution doesn't take prisoners:Lizard Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice; Moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue:AuH20 http://www.mrlizard.com
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f8267,dd55b5bb7dbd4025 X-Google-Attributes: gidf8267,public X-Google-Thread: fa3c8,dd55b5bb7dbd4025 X-Google-Attributes: gidfa3c8,public X-Google-Thread: f824f,dd55b5bb7dbd4025 X-Google-Attributes: gidf824f,public X-Google-Thread: fe0d8,dd55b5bb7dbd4025 X-Google-Attributes: gidfe0d8,public X-Google-Thread: 104eff,dd55b5bb7dbd4025 X-Google-Attributes: gid104eff,public X-Google-Thread: 102fd5,dd55b5bb7dbd4025 X-Google-Attributes: gid102fd5,public From: lizard@mrlizard.com (Lizard) Subject: Re: Geeks Cultural Illiterates Date: 1998/05/25 Message-ID: <356bbfba.5305039@enews.newsguy.com> X-Deja-AN: 356419159 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <mattartEtG1It.F65@netcom.com> <3568EE3B.150C@wgn.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Organization: Ferengi School Of Business Ethics Mime-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: ba.art,ba.general,alt.artcom,ba.politics,ca.politics,rec.arts.fine