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(Sigh, I know you're just trying to bait me, but what I actually said was...
...which is close to what you had up, and not quite as well stated as what you'd posted, but if I'm going to be anal, why not here?)
One of the biggest things I took from Art I in high school with Mrs. Jane Cerilli, was that time was the true test of any work of art. Only in hindsight of a century or more could we know what actually "qualified" as art. I agree that is a pretty solid benchmark for judgment of art... but that we still need to promote and fight for the contemporary artistic endeavors which we feel are worthy of note, to encourage the artist & to better direct & shape the arts as a whole.
...or maybe I'm just talkin' out of my butt.
" "Beauty" doesn't necessarily mean "pretty." "Inspirational" doesn't have to mean "happy." "
...which is close to what you had up, and not quite as well stated as what you'd posted, but if I'm going to be anal, why not here?)
One of the biggest things I took from Art I in high school with Mrs. Jane Cerilli, was that time was the true test of any work of art. Only in hindsight of a century or more could we know what actually "qualified" as art. I agree that is a pretty solid benchmark for judgment of art... but that we still need to promote and fight for the contemporary artistic endeavors which we feel are worthy of note, to encourage the artist & to better direct & shape the arts as a whole.
...or maybe I'm just talkin' out of my butt.
by Julie on Feb. 4 2008