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el_bryanto

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15. THe problem with saying Art is that it's a circular thing

Thu Jan 14, 2016, 02:39 PM

Jan 2016

I can point to the paintings of Van Gogh or the blues of Billie Holiday or the comedy of Groucho Marx and say that nothing in the animal kingdom comes close to affecting me on the same level as then; but how do I know that the howls of a wolf or the songs of a canary are just as meaningful in those kingdoms.

But i'm still saying Art.

Bryant

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