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I took their comment to mean that the definition of art lies in the fact that a human created it as a response to their experiences as a human. Beautiful things
by farleykr 4y ago
I took their comment to mean that the definition of art lies in the fact that a human created it as a response to their experiences as a human. Beautiful things can be made from suffering. Maybe therein lies the undoing or redemption of suffering. At least sometimes or to some degree, even if minuscule.
- PurpleRamen 4y agoPeople also see nature as art. A photo from a butterfly, a cat doing cute stuff, the sunset, and so on. None of them are man made, no one suffered for them to exist (usually). None of these are valid?
- farleykr 4y agoNot sure what you mean by "valid" but I don't think anyone's arguing that butterflies, cats, and sunsets are not valid. I love watching or looking at all of them but that doesn't make them art. Again, I think the comment is arguing that the definition of art lies in who created it and why. Not whether it is nice to look at.
- potta_coffee 4y agoNature is beautiful but it's not art. A photo of nature may be art though.