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24. thank you so much, andirondacker

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Sat May 3, 2014, 08:41 AM

May 2014

nice of you to comment.

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What do you want from Art? [View all] cali May 2014 OP

Pretty much the same thing frazzled May 2014 #1

Why? Have you seen Art? jberryhill May 2014 #2

Surprised. Educated. Challenged. Relaxed. Amazed. Liberal In Texas May 2014 #3

If it is actually art. Not just some stunt. Archae May 2014 #4

Christo and Jeanne-Claude works were not stunts. Neither was Serrano's work limited to urine nor Hissyspit May 2014 #9

Out of curiosity, are these works art? xocet May 2014 #13

I remember the orange curtains well... Rhiannon12866 May 2014 #56

more Garfunkel bigtree May 2014 #5

You are probably the only one... awoke_in_2003 May 2014 #45

nah bigtree May 2014 #46

Yeah, I am unnecessarily harsh on him... awoke_in_2003 May 2014 #47

This message was self-deleted by its author Warren DeMontague May 2014 #6

Somewhere to go. nt rrneck May 2014 #7

Interesting thought and discussion Cali and nice to read from you again. nt adirondacker May 2014 #8

thank you so much, andirondacker cali May 2014 #24

Transcendence greyl May 2014 #10

Art is communication... uriel1972 May 2014 #11

"And then, make me see something..... differently." Spitfire of ATJ May 2014 #12

Those are awesome... giftedgirl77 May 2014 #30

Is this the Art who let a fart U4ikLefty May 2014 #14

If that's what you want, why not? cali May 2014 #15

to not feel alone A-Schwarzenegger May 2014 #16

That's an interesting perspective cali May 2014 #17

This message was self-deleted by its author A-Schwarzenegger May 2014 #18

Thanks for your thoughtful post. canoeist52 May 2014 #19

I would love- if you feel so inclined- to view some of your work cali May 2014 #22

Inspiration. randome May 2014 #20

great answer! and thanks, randome. cali May 2014 #23

Kick! Heidi May 2014 #21

At the risk of goving offense.... Demo_Chris May 2014 #25

No offense taken but I'm interested in what YOU want from art- not what you think cali May 2014 #28

I have opened my mind. I've had this debate a hundred times, including with art professors... Demo_Chris May 2014 #33

Ack. don't get defensive. I wasn't insulting you. cali May 2014 #35

Sorry, I wasn't trying to sound defensive at all..' Demo_Chris May 2014 #50

I remeber in Ingmar Bergman's 1984 film "Fanny and Alexander" the old theater director giving a Douglas Carpenter May 2014 #26

Pretty close to the same. Erich Bloodaxe BSN May 2014 #27

I've never been able to get anything from Glass but I think it's interesting cali May 2014 #31

Well, it's like anything else - the more practice you get Erich Bloodaxe BSN May 2014 #34

The appreciator is never an outsider, you are the audience, the other part, the thing that is needed Bluenorthwest May 2014 #29

I like that thought. cali May 2014 #32

You don't believe everything is art? Shankapotomus May 2014 #36

I want exactly what I said. a painting, for example is an inanimate object cali May 2014 #39

I don't see it as either sad or impoverished Shankapotomus May 2014 #40

I'm a Buddhist- not a Zen Buddhist but in the Kagyu School of Tibetan Buddhism cali May 2014 #43

Simple, a "reaction" Broken_Hero May 2014 #37

I want Art to distinguish itself from Artwork superpatriotman May 2014 #38

Emotion LittleBlue May 2014 #41

It's interesting to me that serrano has been brought up twice in this short thread cali May 2014 #42

Jimmy Swaggert got people discussing televangelism LittleBlue May 2014 #44

discredited modern art? I don't think he did that except among people cali May 2014 #55

I don't commission any art, so I don't really insist on anything. JVS May 2014 #48

I don't know art, but I lnow what I like. AScott May 2014 #49

Lots of things Recursion May 2014 #51

I like the anthropological definition applegrove May 2014 #52

I think art is very personal for the artist. ohheckyeah May 2014 #53

that's a great story. "the poor little fruit tree" cali May 2014 #54

I think its a Japanese cherry tree ohheckyeah May 2014 #58

a Maverick, a Mustang, a Montego, a Merc Montclair reddread May 2014 #57

ha. just for you: cali May 2014 #60

A bridge over troubled water. madinmaryland May 2014 #59