robots

This is just to say props to Christy for pointing out in class that we have to decide what we want from a definition before we can all agree on one for “art.” It’s funny that we started out this class talking about the subjectivity of meaning in words, and now we spend half an hour trying to pin down the universal meaning of “art.” Maybe I’m completely missing the point but I’m happy with defining art as creativity and leaving it at that. Creativity meaning, basically, what Prof. Fitzpatrick threw out in class – that which goes beyond the necessary. Mario pointed out earlier that these types of debates are what we have adjectives for – there’s good art and bad art, but clearly a whole class of people is never going to agree what falls into each category. I thought Lindsay’s elephant comment brought up an interesting point: must one be consciously making art for MS 190 to deem it worthy of the title? To further distill the point, can a robot make art?