Talk: GIF->ASCII: Is it Art?

From article <34ecqn$be...@gagme.wwa.com>, by rl3...@netcom.com (Zeus Paleologos):
> 
> Bob Allison (bob...@wwa.com) wrote:
> 
> : In article <199...@acad.drake.edu>,  <pk6...@acad.drake.edu> wrote:
> : >> I'm sorry, call me ignorant, but where is the challenge behing using a 
> : >> converter (I am asuming that is what is indicated by "GIF->ASCII") to create 
> : >> this "art" when it is such basic forms, someone could most likely do them 
> : >> real easy, freehand????  
> : >> I mean, is it art to use a photocopier when you could use a pencil???
> : >> Sorry...I just don't understand...
> : >> aDRIAN.
> : >
> 
> [deleted]
> 
> : >As for what 'art' is... 
> 
> :    Art is whatever creates a, usually, desired impression.  Clouds are 
>                                                               ^^^^^^^^^^
> : art, splattered paint is art, arrangement of objects is art.  So is page
>   ^^^
> I can't agree, here.  A picture of clouds might be art, but not the clouds
> themselves unless they are man-made.  I think that the one requirement of
> art is that it is a product of human activity.  If you look at the Indo-
> European root of the word 'art' which is related to the word 'arm', it 
> means 'to make.'  So an arrangement of clouds or a sunset may be beautiful, 
> but they are not art.
>  
> : making, cooking, making hot air balloons, architecture, music, and 
> : anything else you can think of.
>   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> No, it must be the product of human activity.
> 
> [deleted]
> B
> 
    But art is everything...and everything is art.
-- 
Grant Severn                    Internet: gse...@scu.edu.au
Southern Cross University
Lismore NSW Australia

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