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Re: Universal definition of "art"?

Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2012 6:41 pm
by EmilyBaker
Hello everybody!

What about art as an alternative method of inquiry into the nature of reality? I recently watched this video regarding the potential of art to uncover the ineffable:

http://iai.tv/video/maps-of-mystery

I think it offers a insightful perspective on the definition of art.

Hope you enjoy it!


Emily

Re: Universal definition of "art"?

Posted: Thu Mar 29, 2012 2:54 pm
by Tor_Hershman
A Universal definition of "art" could, perhaps, best be summed by this video "Criswell Predicts" by Mae West.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwc65bf99_o

Re: Universal definition of "art"?

Posted: Thu Mar 29, 2012 6:19 pm
by chaz wyman
Tor_Hershman wrote:A Universal definition of "art" could, perhaps, best be summed by this video "Criswell Predicts" by Mae West.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwc65bf99_o

Don't tell me! Too much acid in the 1960s.

Re: Universal definition of "art"?

Posted: Thu Mar 29, 2012 6:26 pm
by Tor_Hershman
chaz wyman wrote:
Tor_Hershman wrote:A Universal definition of "art" could, perhaps, best be summed by this video "Criswell Predicts" by Mae West.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwc65bf99_o

Don't tell me! Too much acid in the 1960s.
Not enough.
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Re: Universal definition of "art"?

Posted: Thu Mar 29, 2012 7:07 pm
by chaz wyman
Tor_Hershman wrote:
chaz wyman wrote:
Tor_Hershman wrote:A Universal definition of "art" could, perhaps, best be summed by this video "Criswell Predicts" by Mae West.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwc65bf99_o

Don't tell me! Too much acid in the 1960s.
Not enough.
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... And fire in the sky!

Apparently that was an account of real smoke on the lake from a fire in Montreux where Zappa's band was on fire.

A great song anyway.