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But I have always hated that definition, because human nature being what it is, it devolves into very cynical crap like John Cage refusing to play a piano and calling it a "piece", or Andy Kaufman reading <I>Moby Dick</I> for two hours at a comedy club. <BR/><BR/>Many artistic statements are "weird", but merely being weird is not necessarily an artistic statement. Weirdness coupled with an actual <I>talent</I>, which involves cultivating a <I>skill</I> -- that's art. That's Frank Zappa (who, of course, also believed in that cynical definition of "art"; fortunately, he had a wealth of skills to back it all up).<BR/><BR/>FootFace's point about the ugly symbolism of pie-eating contests is in accord with sentiments I've expressed in earlier posts. Trencherman contests in general are pretty disgusting to begin with; tethered to the nauseating dynamic of pro-wrestling marketing, it's despicable.<BR/><BR/>Other countries simply do not do this creepy shit. China has a billion-and-a-half people; I guarantee you that not one of them is painting a fucking baseball 20,000 times and acting like it's some sort of achievement. They do not have professional hot-dog eaters in Russia.<BR/><BR/>Some would say that these useless activities are the hallmarks of a wealthy, if decadent, culture that can get away with such things, so relatively poorer countries like China and Russia just aren't to that point (yet, presumably).<BR/><BR/>Well, they don't do that sort of shit in Europe, either, and they certainly could. They wouldn't dream of doing it in Canada. No, it's a peculiarly American malaise, a nasty mix of willful blindness and ignorance that simply does not manifest itself thusly anywhere else.<BR/><BR/>And if it <I>were</I> because we just have too much of everything, then that's not really any better, is it?<BR/><BR/>I really like The Rev.'s <I>Waiting For Guffman</I> comparison; that's one of my favorite movies. It holds up remarkably to repeated viewings, like <I>Spinal Tap</I>, because the people are all too real.<BR/><BR/>Obelus' point, to me, hints at how many parts of the Midwest, the so-called heartland (because people on the coasts have no hearts), are left with very little to cling to. It is a region where tent-revivalists and P.T. Barnum hucksters cleaned up the rubes periodically over the last century or so. It's too easy to just say they're dumb or whatever, but as KWW pointed out, they must just be impossibly bored -- though I can't imagine getting bored enough to collect a ball of Saran Wrap. Ever. I'd have to blow my brains out.<BR/><BR/>Craig, the empire has felt crumbly to me since the Reagan years, but now more than ever. Per usual, I blame it on Oprah. Twenty years of working her demons out in front of millions of addled morons has convinced a generation of halfwits that they're all special in every way, even if they can't do anything useful, and have no interest in trying or learning.<BR/><BR/>What could make a mighty empire crumble faster than that?Heywood J.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05627748699423939682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9908604.post-1122913941732644972005-08-01T09:32:00.000-07:002005-08-01T09:32:00.000-07:00Alexandria, IN is mostly known for producing Chris...Alexandria, IN is mostly known for producing Christian singers. The Bill Gaither Trio hails from there and has made that their recording home. Sandy Patti got her start there. Marion, IN, twenty-one miles due North, is the birthplace of James Dean and the paper plate.obelushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17436534389487788239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9908604.post-1122911418862107972005-08-01T08:50:00.000-07:002005-08-01T08:50:00.000-07:00Sorry a big ball of paint is not art, it's a big b...Sorry a big ball of paint is not art, it's a big ball of paint. It is not art any more than me painting the living room-walls off white is art. <BR/><BR/>The "town of balls" idea reminds me of the town in "Waiting for Guffman" that bills itself as the "stool capital of America"Rev.Paperboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14561796588927776371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9908604.post-1122866057498098012005-07-31T20:14:00.000-07:002005-07-31T20:14:00.000-07:00I know this isn't your point, but can I just say s...I know this isn't your point, but can I just say something about pie-eating contests? These have always bugged me. With so much of the world living in perpetual hunger, it has always seemed so... <I>mean</I>. Shoving food in your face--fast--for <I>entertainment</I>. It debases everyone who participates. <BR/><BR/>I know that forgoing a pie-eating contest doesn't mean a starving person will eat. It's just the thought. Celebrating gluttony in a world where so many lack so much. Like burning money just because you can.<BR/><BR/>I'm climbing off my soapbox now. I thank you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9908604.post-1122857146045648852005-07-31T17:45:00.000-07:002005-07-31T17:45:00.000-07:00You are confusing craft with art. It does not matt...You are confusing craft with art. It does not matter whether you CAN do it. it is whether you DID. Same as poetry. Sure, you COULD have written it. But you DIDN'T, did you? You may be the most skillful painter in the world, but if you have nothing to say your work is not art. <BR/><BR/>It is art if it has meaning. You look at art for meaning. To admire skill, you go to a craft show. <BR/><BR/>Furthermore, you do not need a university degree to have something to say. Best art in any field comes from drop-outs and cranks. And it is probably not art if you can easily translate it into another medium. So don't ask for a glib explanation.<BR/><BR/>You are a braindead squarehead if you don't get this work.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9908604.post-1122852165136686572005-07-31T16:22:00.000-07:002005-07-31T16:22:00.000-07:00It sure isn't what I consider art. Art takes thoug...It sure isn't what I consider art. Art takes thought, inspiration, trial and error, creativity, skill, curiosity, method, experimentation, courage and work! Art to me is about the relationships between objects, color, line, between the art itself and the viewer...and so on. Art is a progression. <BR/><BR/>Endlessly painting a ball white is a mindless meditation at best, hanging sheets is doing laundry, and a giant snarl of saran wrap is what happens every time I have to put the leftovers away after dinner! What bored people.Kitchen Window Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01940078885536164611noreply@blogger.com