X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,a2c1836789c9529 X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-Thread: fbb9d,a2c1836789c9529 X-Google-Attributes: gidfbb9d,public X-Google-Thread: 110f55,a2c1836789c9529 X-Google-Attributes: gid110f55,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1994-09-09 04:29:11 PST Path: nntp.gmd.de!newsserver.jvnc.net!darwin.sura.net!howland.reston.ans.net!gatech!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!zip.eecs.umich.edu!yeshua.marcam.com!insosf1.infonet.net!news.i-link.com!news.sprintlink.net!sashimi.wwa.com!not-for-mail From: gsevern@scu.edu.au (Grant Severn) Newsgroups: rec.arts.ascii,alt.ascii-art,alt.binaries.pictures.ascii Subject: Talk: GIF->ASCII: Is it Art? Date: 9 Sep 1994 05:35:00 -0500 Organization: Southern Cross University Lines: 43 Sender: boba@wwa.com Approved: boba@wwa.com Message-ID: <34pdok$hf6@gagme.wwa.com> References: <34ecqn$bek@gagme.wwa.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: gagme.wwa.com Xref: nntp.gmd.de rec.arts.ascii:1709 alt.ascii-art:14184 >From article <34ecqn$bek@gagme.wwa.com>, by rl3s@netcom.com (Zeus Paleologos): > > Bob Allison (boba@wwa.com) wrote: > > : In article <1994Aug30.082556@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. > : > > > [deleted] > > : >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. > > [deleted] > B > But art is everything...and everything is art. -- Grant Severn Internet: gsevern@scu.edu.au Southern Cross University Lismore NSW Australia