List of Things Which May or May Not Be Art
Posted by John on Sunday, April 18, 2010 •
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It is only after careful forethought, and deep prayer, and great caution that we should permit ourselves to refer to a particular creation as art. The implications of our decision on this matter can be immense; far too complex for this short blog post to delve into. In order to aid the categorization process I have assembled a list of a few candidates. We all know that the path to arthood is not easy, so I wish the best of luck to all who are invested in these items.
- Star Wars: A Pop-Up Guide to the Galaxy
- CadZZilla
- Shrek
- Mt. Rushmore
- the New York Times Crossword puzzle on November 5, 1996
- The Call of Cthulhu by H. P. Lovecraft
- The Brick Testament
- the Mandelbrot set
- 140 Art
- the soundscape of Lauren Lesko’s vagina
- The Large Hadron Collider
- Conservapedia’s “Mystery:Why Do Non-Conservatives Exist?”
- anything Derek Smart has ever said
- Venice, Italy
- What's Opera, Doc?
- The Codex Seraphinianus
Earth- The Advanced Dungeons and Dragons 2nd Edition Monstrous Compendium
- bicycles
- John Conway’s Game of Life
- Futurama
- Crystal Crawler
- Left 4 Dead 2
I would also like to take this opportunity to congratulate the world’s newest work of art, Miracles by Insane Clown Posse.
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I've never been able to understand what the reason was for even arguing this. That's not some flippant way of saying I've made up my mind. I mean I haven't really seen a reason offered for why we're arguing this.
I guess if you were getting thousands of e-mails about it you might want that to stop. That might be a good reason to argue about it.
I appreciate the spirit of the original post, and yet I'm compelled to point out that <i>What's Opera, Doc?</i> is unquestionably a work of art. Leonard Maltin said so.