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Old 03-27-2008, 03:53 PM   #27
Flint
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Originally Posted by Giant Salamander View Post
Anyone can put an apple on a pedestal and call it "Apple."
That part was bothering me, but I couldn't think of a concise way to describe it.

True, art is supposed to make you think, or provoke a response. Like plucking the piano strings of your instincts, a good artist knows exactly how to touch something inside you. But, seriously, I think "art" is also the act of using some kind of metaphor to express the thing. Not just...it.
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