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Would you consider politics an art form, whether the "artist" is a politician or a regular citizen or anything in between?
Please, for the safety of everyone:
1. Stay on topic
2. Do not attack the person, attack the issue
So here's what I think:
Anything that contains a 'human connection' is art. Many consider the word "art" to be a compliment, when it is actually a word that describes something that has that human connection. The importance is the distinction between good art and bad art. A chair is art, a child is art, hell even sex is art. Dare I say it, murder is art, but considered bad art because of the human connection. A tree is not art, because it has no human connection, however, the process of planting a tree can be considered performance art.
With that said, politics is an art form. It is criticized, it is glorified, it is created, in some ways it can be destroyed, but most importantly it is thought about. Of course, it is not art until the idea becomes a physical object or an action. If it is just a thought it cannot be art, not yet.
Ok so I'm done preaching, what do you think?
Please, for the safety of everyone:
1. Stay on topic
2. Do not attack the person, attack the issue
So here's what I think:
Anything that contains a 'human connection' is art. Many consider the word "art" to be a compliment, when it is actually a word that describes something that has that human connection. The importance is the distinction between good art and bad art. A chair is art, a child is art, hell even sex is art. Dare I say it, murder is art, but considered bad art because of the human connection. A tree is not art, because it has no human connection, however, the process of planting a tree can be considered performance art.
With that said, politics is an art form. It is criticized, it is glorified, it is created, in some ways it can be destroyed, but most importantly it is thought about. Of course, it is not art until the idea becomes a physical object or an action. If it is just a thought it cannot be art, not yet.
Ok so I'm done preaching, what do you think?