Since I have decided to constrain my categories to the unlucky thirteen that survive… I am going through them one-by-one to give an idea of why this one may have made the cut… It is probably that I am trying to spur some ideas through this exercise, but I realize that I can still refine them somewhat by the one-by-one social review… Case in point, “boredom” is going to be eliminated with the post in the category (yes… one lonely post) subsumed by the aforementioned category of apathy).
Actually, with the death of “boredom” as a category, I am down to an even dozen, but that doesn’t sound as ominous as “thirteen” or even “baker’s dozen.” I thought of another category that with which I was going to replace “boredom,” but I can no longer remember it. I will now bide my time, waiting until a proper topic that will capture my thoughts presents itself anew.
Blank Canvas, originally uploaded by ginsnob (All Rights Reserved, but it still has the option to blog a picture…)
Category #2: Art:
- (n.) Human effort to imitate, supplement, alter or counteract the work of nature
- (n.) The conscious production or arrangement of sounds, colors, forms, movements, or other elements in a manner that affects the sense of beauty, specifically the production of the beautiful in a graphic or plastic medium.
I enjoy the idea of crafting a web query to “define art.” It seems like a paradox to try to define the undefinable.
No one agrees on what art is, in fact, I almost thought of making this category more vague by dubbing it “beauty;” thus, I would be making more of a catch-all. Beauty is rather limiting as a concept, and has a far fewer and less interesting connotations for individuals than “art.”
Most people generally concur on what is or is not beautiful, but art isn’t always beautiful; Art challenges you and your cherished beliefs in a multi-directional manner. I love to think that the question, “is this art?” will cause one to eventually question their existence and the arbitrary, self-referential meaning that they place on the world that surrounds them.
By the way, this category would not be used to define a post as art… that is just conceited and leading. It is more to say that it is somewhat art-related… who knows how? To define a category on art in greater detail than a “feeling” or “gist” would be far too limiting.
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