On 2010-05-17 16:47 , P. J. Alling wrote:
On 5/17/2010 6:41 PM, steve harley wrote:
On 2010-05-17 10:17 , P. J. Alling wrote:
I think this is as good a place for my comment in this discussion. For
it to actually be Art there has to be _describable_ intent on the part
of the /Artist/.
that's a thoughtful point, but i do believe there is art made with the
"intent" of having no intent, e.g. Zen calligraphy
Isn't that intent none the less?
that's a koan: if you meet your intent in the road, kill it
in many branches of buddhism, "egoless art" is considered a practice
whose realization, as in meditation, cannot come from striving
but there is still a strong sense of upliftedness which can come from
beautiful things around us, and there is a value in creating
upliftedness, especially for others
i would perhaps treat "intent" in your definition of art as a reasonable
placeholder for a broader concept; at the moment i can't quite put words
to that concept, however
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