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From: roadent@halls1.cc.monash.edu.au (Adrian Graham DENT - Rodent)
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Subject: Talk: GIF->ASCII: Is it Art?
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In article <34ecqn$bek@gagme.wwa.com> rl3s@netcom.com (Zeus Paleologos) writes:

>:    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.


Compare to the word ARTificial.........


Adrian.