imyerhukleberry

I know this is a VERY important topic in Bonsai, that must be the reason it continues to come up.

The professor's definition of art is almost exactly the same as how I previously defined art in another thread here. I think that when he was thinking about his answer on the spot he was considering other issues on the matter and that is why he included the word "pleasing" in his definition. This is ofcourse not needed. Emotions are many times not pleasing at all. One must also included "intent" when defineing art. This is the difference between succesfull and unsuccesfull art.

A good exercise to come to your own conclusion of art would be to ask yourself, "Is a painting, or photograph of a nude figure art, or pornography?"

Defining "pornography" will certainly assist you in the discovery of ART...