tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8218044165943685317.post5142040435489595926..comments2024-01-12T10:57:47.262-05:00Comments on Nestlings By Robin Blog: Making Sense of ArtRobinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06237515885148394733noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8218044165943685317.post-32994172860313983922010-10-14T17:55:21.441-04:002010-10-14T17:55:21.441-04:00I didn't mean to imply that animals actively m...I didn't mean to imply that animals actively make art. I think you stated it well by saying we (humans) find things animals do in their world as artistic. I think most of us would agree with that.Robinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06237515885148394733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8218044165943685317.post-1983904434743098062010-10-14T16:26:42.680-04:002010-10-14T16:26:42.680-04:00On my blog I have the following quotation: "...On my blog I have the following quotation: "Art actually lies in the act of creation, not in its result." G. Ellis Burcaw. I take that to mean that for something to be art it must be the result of a conscious act or series of acts. I don't agree that animals are artistic, which is defined as "having or revealing natural creative skill." If something is made by instinct in response to a physiological need, it isn't creative in the sense of being a deliberate act that is meant to lead to a work of art. To say that a spider is artistic, to me, denigrates art to a level that would fail to inspire artists, collectors, museums, or history to pay it homage. That does not mean that humans won't see the spider's web as artistic, but that judgment belongs to the human, not to the spider. I suppose I'm saying art is "in the eye of the beholder." A spider, or a dog, or a cat, or even a monkey isn't capable of recognizing anything as art. They recognize it as food or shelter, but art is a human concept, even more unique to the species than speech or love. And I don't even think this human concept is accessible to all humans. That's why we all know so many people who just don't get it. LOL.Suzanne Sangerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07757018068158329398noreply@blogger.com