Art can be almost anything that does not have a multiple choice question near it. In the presence of multiple choice questions, art does a sort of quantum flip into other dimensions, leaving us with the world we deserve.
I worked in a movie theater in the summer during college. We got free popcorn while we were working, and could see any movie in town for free. One of the best jobs I ever had.
I run Nature Crafts programs at two state parks. Mostly getting pre-schoolers. I tell everybody “this is art. There are no rules.” I had a mom who was an actual art teacher give me the Mom Death Stare for that.
There are learned design practices that are worth studying and it’s better to learn how to draw before abstracting things, but it irritates them that you’re absolutely right.
I would argue that Charles Schulz was pretty good at design as well. Who else but Schulz would be able to tell people that an abstract design like Woodstock is a bird AND get so many people to believe him? Well, maybe Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks…they took a bunch of circles, told us it was a mouse, and Mickey Mouse has been a household name ever since.
Snoopy on top of his doghouse was a punchline once. By the time I was born, it wasn’t. Charlie Brown would walk into his back yard, Snoopy would be on top of his doghouse, and no mention would be made of how weird it was. It was normalized weirdness and I loved it.
Snoopy was also a helicopter in the animated specials, but the helicopter never moved past being a punchline.
My daughter graduated from CalArts last year. I can confidently say that you are someone with an expensive degree and can therefore sometimes declare that art is "Leonardo da Vinci good."
Art can be almost anything that does not have a multiple choice question near it. In the presence of multiple choice questions, art does a sort of quantum flip into other dimensions, leaving us with the world we deserve.
I look for advice from the coffee cup; it is full of goodness and aware.
Two really made me LOL - the yes manager and the coffee cup. Plus all those signs! You are teaching me to read the fine print 😁
Always read the fine print.
I worked in a movie theater in the summer during college. We got free popcorn while we were working, and could see any movie in town for free. One of the best jobs I ever had.
Popcorn and movies are better than Prozac.
True!
Art is your ability to make me blow coffee out my nose.
Thank you so much! If that were rhetorical actual definition, I’d visit museums more often. Wait, maybe I’d stay away.
I run Nature Crafts programs at two state parks. Mostly getting pre-schoolers. I tell everybody “this is art. There are no rules.” I had a mom who was an actual art teacher give me the Mom Death Stare for that.
There are learned design practices that are worth studying and it’s better to learn how to draw before abstracting things, but it irritates them that you’re absolutely right.
I would argue that Charles Schulz was pretty good at design as well. Who else but Schulz would be able to tell people that an abstract design like Woodstock is a bird AND get so many people to believe him? Well, maybe Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks…they took a bunch of circles, told us it was a mouse, and Mickey Mouse has been a household name ever since.
Your work is excellent. Humor brings happiness.
Thank you!
Art just is. Whether it’s good or not is where the opinion comes in.
What would a Russ Meyer be?
A quirky vending machine snack.
Interesting choice. The buttons marked Vend number two and seem to cover 65% of the width of the vending machine itself; each.
Talk about Schulz and surrealism...GoComics is running one of the stories where Snoopy is a helicopter.
Snoopy on top of his doghouse was a punchline once. By the time I was born, it wasn’t. Charlie Brown would walk into his back yard, Snoopy would be on top of his doghouse, and no mention would be made of how weird it was. It was normalized weirdness and I loved it.
Snoopy was also a helicopter in the animated specials, but the helicopter never moved past being a punchline.
My daughter graduated from CalArts last year. I can confidently say that you are someone with an expensive degree and can therefore sometimes declare that art is "Leonardo da Vinci good."
Well, congratulations to your daughter! That’s the biggest lesson I learned at college: it’s expensive.
She loved it. I'm glad she was able to go there.
That’s great to hear. It was definitely a slight miracle that I was able to go there.
So Schindler’s List was like a quarter pounder with Cheese?
It was much better than Full Metal Jacket it my vey subjective opinion.
“Art is
A warm puppy?
Seriously though, art is different things to different people.
I always, on this sort of question, remember Tom Lehrer's song!
Oh, which song? I like him a lot but my brain is not fully loading this fine morning.
Smut!
It gives me a giggle every time.
You got me to listen to the Tom Lehrer songs that I meant to listen to when he passed away earlier this year. Thank you for that!
What the heck is "Corporate"? And why are people afraid to speak its name?
Naming is calling. Sshh!!