'Serenity'
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Was the guy even looking at the painting he allegedly painted when he wrote this description?
quaint hansom cabs convey tourists to and fro, and crowds of shoppers and celebrants fill the streets.
OK lots of people don't know what a hansom cab is but I looked and looked and I only see one carriage.
What about Thomas Kinkade?
Not Art.
Also Bush's favorite painting? Real borderline, tending towards Not Art.
Skippity/Skimming? Art.
Was the guy even looking at the painting he allegedly painted when he wrote this description?
oh hai - invisible hansom cab
Now I want to LOLcat some paintings.
Just to complicate matters, I'll toss in the fact that I had a relative who loved Precious Moments figurines, but didn't consider them Art. Cute, sweet, precious, adorable, and all sorts of variants on wee and darling, but for all that she was under their spell she didn't at all think of them in the same way she thought about the Monet and Seurat prints she had on her walls.
Is Hello Kitty art? Because I consider Precious Moments and Hello Kitty in the same league.
I think the definition of if something is art is absolutely personal. Any time you say 'That's rubbish, it's not art', you're wrong. 'cos somebody might see it in exactly those terms.
Because I consider Precious Moments and Hello Kitty in the same league.
See, only one of those lines would have a vibrator, and I think that's an important distinction.
But no, as much as I get snotty about Precious Moments, I know there are people who are touched by the sentiment and take it seriously. They are not me, but they do exist. I saw the chapel. Whoa.
They are not Monet or Seurat, but that hand-carved soapstone elephant I brought back from Kenya isn't either.
I think the very first person who drew Hello Kitty would consider their professionto be in the arts.
Is Hello Kitty art? Because I consider Precious Moments and Hello Kitty in the same league.
Ooh I dare you to post that where certain other Buffistas post. Natter or Bitches - maybe either; maybe both. Although I think ita is right with her point:
See, only one of those lines would have a vibrator, and I think that's an important distinction.
On the other hand, it could be an interesting art project to design a line of Precious Moments vibrators. We should send them to Fred Phelps and James Dobson if it ever comes (heh) to pass.