Talk: GIF->ASCII: Is it Art?

Bob Allison (bob...@wwa.com) wrote:

: In article <199...@acad.drake.edu>,  <pk6...@acad.drake.edu> wrote:
: >> I'm sorry, call me ignorant, but where is the challenge behing using a 
: >> converter (I am asuming that is what is indicated by "GIF->ASCII") to create 
: >> this "art" when it is such basic forms, someone could most likely do them 
: >> real easy, freehand????  
: >> I mean, is it art to use a photocopier when you could use a pencil???
: >> Sorry...I just don't understand...
: >> aDRIAN.
: >

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: >As for what 'art' is... 

:    Art is whatever creates a, usually, desired impression.  Clouds are 
                                                              ^^^^^^^^^^
: art, splattered paint is art, arrangement of objects is art.  So is page
  ^^^
I can't agree, here.  A picture of clouds might be art, but not the clouds
themselves unless they are man-made.  I think that the one requirement of
art is that it is a product of human activity.  If you look at the Indo-
European root of the word 'art' which is related to the word 'arm', it 
means 'to make.'  So an arrangement of clouds or a sunset may be beautiful, 
but they are not art.
 
: making, cooking, making hot air balloons, architecture, music, and 
: anything else you can think of.
  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
No, it must be the product of human activity.

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