The best part of starting this discussion is that the pretentious people in the world (xigxag thats you) think they have the right to decide wahts art. If I feel that art is over used and a bastardized word, I am free to think it. Just as I feel you are free to think that Pollock's splashed around work is art. So before you start telling me to stop "talking out of your nether regions," maybe you should pull your head out of yours. Its all about being free to described it how you choose. I think the enitre discussion point here is what is art? You seem to think that some ones previous work can make whatever they do in the future art. Well if Beethoven farted in a jar and someone was there to record it, would that be art as well?
Now that you mention it. Pollock the movie pretty much s u c k e d. I had a professor at UF that taught art appreciation or something like that, and he just lauded Pollock as the greatest thing since sliced bread. I think Pollock's work proves the point that people consider too many things art. People drop the word all too freely. You could crap in a bowl, take a picture, and voila! Art is born. I look at him at work and seriously wonder if a 2 year old couldn't do the same thing and no one other than the 2 year old's mother would probably consider the child's work art. I am not arguing that you can't consider it art if you want to, I personally don't. I am just saying that the word "art" has become bastardized by over use. People slap it on everything from a a beer can to the Mona Lisa.
the most over used word in the English language. Ever seen any of Jackson Pollock's stuff? Then you know what I mean. Abstract Expressionism is a politically correct way to say "I can't draw/paint so I slapped some crap on the canvas and voila."
Your wallet may have been slim with him in office, but you were one the few. The numbers speak for themselves the unemployment rate here in Ohio was up around 7.0% when Clinton came into office and steadily fell. Since G.W. Bush has been in office it keeps going back up. Looks like he is trying to repeat his daddy's legacy... oh yeah... he was the one that took the unemployment rate up so high before Clinton took office.
I'm sure that the sector doesn't hing on one company either, but with something as near and dear to most techies hearts it would be nice to own a peice of it!
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The best part of starting this discussion is that the pretentious people in the world (xigxag thats you) think they have the right to decide wahts art. If I feel that art is over used and a bastardized word, I am free to think it. Just as I feel you are free to think that Pollock's splashed around work is art. So before you start telling me to stop "talking out of your nether regions," maybe you should pull your head out of yours. Its all about being free to described it how you choose. I think the enitre discussion point here is what is art? You seem to think that some ones previous work can make whatever they do in the future art. Well if Beethoven farted in a jar and someone was there to record it, would that be art as well?
Now that you mention it. Pollock the movie pretty much s u c k e d. I had a professor at UF that taught art appreciation or something like that, and he just lauded Pollock as the greatest thing since sliced bread. I think Pollock's work proves the point that people consider too many things art. People drop the word all too freely. You could crap in a bowl, take a picture, and voila! Art is born. I look at him at work and seriously wonder if a 2 year old couldn't do the same thing and no one other than the 2 year old's mother would probably consider the child's work art. I am not arguing that you can't consider it art if you want to, I personally don't. I am just saying that the word "art" has become bastardized by over use. People slap it on everything from a a beer can to the Mona Lisa.
the most over used word in the English language. Ever seen any of Jackson Pollock's stuff? Then you know what I mean. Abstract Expressionism is a politically correct way to say "I can't draw/paint so I slapped some crap on the canvas and voila."
The system reports conduct .. so with language like that buddy .. you wouldn't be getting good marks!
Your wallet may have been slim with him in office, but you were one the few. The numbers speak for themselves the unemployment rate here in Ohio was up around 7.0% when Clinton came into office and steadily fell. Since G.W. Bush has been in office it keeps going back up. Looks like he is trying to repeat his daddy's legacy ... oh yeah ... he was the one that took the unemployment rate up so high before Clinton took office.
I'm sure that the sector doesn't hing on one company either, but with something as near and dear to most techies hearts it would be nice to own a peice of it!