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 How should we define art? (5)

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How should we define art?

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Someone said to me once, "art is like pornography. It's hard to define but you know it when you are looking at it."

To me, the art I create is meant to be both aesthetically pleasing/interesting and make a statement with the goal of making people consider something new. If it doesn't accomplish those things I consider it a failure.

But 'art' varies as much as artists do and as much as viewers do. I have thought about this question before and decided, as much as I think some people waste their time with artistic endeavors, if someone honestly believes they have made art, then they have. I am looking forward to other perspectives on this though.

Art should be define as anything joe_cavalry likes ;)

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Art is really indefinable. It's all up for interpretation, but it tends to be unconventional. Although, if someone merely draws a portrait of something they see, it's art. so maybe not so unconventional.

Edgy, not edgy. Pleasing, grotesque. Offensive, politically correct. Easy, hard. Emotional, mathematical. Deep meaning or just for fun.

It could be anything, but if you truly believe that what you created is art, that's all that matters.

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Art should be something that one has put a lot of physical and mental activity to create.

A tin can pasted on a wall, is not art. I personally don't consider photography as art, because it is simply too easy and is not a new creation. To simply capture what is, is not enough. Blood, sweat and tears, make art. A singer that buys their songs, is not an artist. The artist is the one that wrote the song. Too often credit is given, where there is none to give. Maybe that is a bit harsh. Credit for one's accomplishments involves many factors, inspirations, rejection, someone else's idea, others that worked on the project, etc. Art is a collected effort.

Side: Blood sweat and tears
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Most forms of art apart from modern art.

What kind of fucking bullshit is a lightswitch that turns a light on in another room.

That's not art. That's DIY gone wrong.

Fucking shit.

'Inidividual thinking'... 'you have to look at the backstory'... 'it's metaphorical - for turning on a fucking light'.

Kill these stupid fucking artist cunts.

Needed to be said.

Side: Blood sweat and tears