[Dixielandjazz] ART

[TCASHWIGG at aol.com]

In a message dated 1/26/04 4:34:26 PM Pacific Standard Time, 
barbonestreet at earthlink.net writes:

> Form follows function, no?
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> But now the question becomes "creativity". The first toothpick was indeed 
> art.

YES, But Only because it was a totem pole in the hands of an irate "carving 
artist" that refused to believe he really had no talent.  Artistically speaking 
of course, therefore if a piece of bad totem pole art could be put to use as 
a toothpick, pray tell then why can't we use a bad piece of canvas for toilet 
paper when the newsprint runs out.  I again refer to my earlier posts 
regarding impressionists art.

 But > what about the copies? Bill G's toenail clipping in a frame is indeed 
> art, but what
> if you copy it?  

practically impossible I say, nobody else has been alive and played a 
washboard long enough to be able to properly duplicate the clipping,   ( he plays his 
washboard with his feet, a feat no other drummer I know has been able to 
master yet.)
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> Picou's High Society solo is art, but what if you faithfully copy it?

That would be copyright infringement and get you fifty lashes with a wet 
noodle if you got caught by the RIAA or BMI or ASCAP.   Unless of course you 
listed it as "Traditional" public domain material for use by any who could play it.
> 
> Me, I like Judie's definition. "Art is whatever the artist wishes it to be".
> 
> Cheers,
> Steve Barbone


Well if it's good enough for Judie It's good enough for me

Cheers

Tom Wiggins

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