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> Limbaugh's point was that he is utterly without art and music talent/training yet can re-create some of these highly praised "works of art." Recreating somet

> Limbaugh's point was that he is utterly without art and music talent/training yet can re-create some of these highly praised "works of art." Recreating something is worthless. Who cares if you can recreate something. He can splatter paint on canvas, but never thought to do it until he saw other people get popular from it. So sure, he can splash some paint on canvas, but he can't think of doing it, and that part is the art. A painting is more than just the paint on the canvas. If I buy a machine-cut perfect 1:1 replica of the statue of David, does that make my statue as much a masterpiece as the original? What if I pay a human to make it instead of a machine?

Retric 9y ago
Tell that to any classical orchestra. Kids will sometimes fling pant on canvas as fun, but it's not art.
- squeaky-clean 9y ago
  > Tell that to any classical orchestra. Sure. Playing Beethoven doesn't make you Beethoven. A song is more than the sounds it takes to make it. It's nice to hear played but it doesn't mean the performers could have written it. And even if they could it doesn't mean they did. > Kids will sometimes fling pant on canvas as fun, but it's not art. I disagree. Or do parents not sometimes hang this on their fridge. I'm not saying you have to call it good art. For a more exaggerated example, I can type the entirety of any great book. Or even handwrite it in pen if we want to be picky because maybe computers didn't exist at the time it was written. Does that make it as much of an achievement as the original writing of it? Is that art?
- bllguo 9y ago
  It may not be good art, it may not be meaningful art, but it is art. Claiming that it isn't creates more problems than it solves. And this isn't directed at you - but let me just make this clear. Orchestral performances are art. Shockingly, it seems like a lot of commenters think that music is just about the composition. Performances involve the composer and the performers' interpretations of the work, their technical skills, their styles. These are nontrivial. These add to and elevate a piece.

Retric 9y ago

Tell that to any classical orchestra. Kids will sometimes fling pant on canvas as fun, but it's not art.

squeaky-clean 9y ago
> Tell that to any classical orchestra. Sure. Playing Beethoven doesn't make you Beethoven. A song is more than the sounds it takes to make it. It's nice to hear played but it doesn't mean the performers could have written it. And even if they could it doesn't mean they did. > Kids will sometimes fling pant on canvas as fun, but it's not art. I disagree. Or do parents not sometimes hang this on their fridge. I'm not saying you have to call it good art. For a more exaggerated example, I can type the entirety of any great book. Or even handwrite it in pen if we want to be picky because maybe computers didn't exist at the time it was written. Does that make it as much of an achievement as the original writing of it? Is that art?
bllguo 9y ago
It may not be good art, it may not be meaningful art, but it is art. Claiming that it isn't creates more problems than it solves. And this isn't directed at you - but let me just make this clear. Orchestral performances are art. Shockingly, it seems like a lot of commenters think that music is just about the composition. Performances involve the composer and the performers' interpretations of the work, their technical skills, their styles. These are nontrivial. These add to and elevate a piece.