To paraphrase Potter Stewart, art is hard to define, but I know it when I see it.
"I am allergic to piety, it makes me break out in rash judgements." - Penn Jillette
"I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with a lot of pleasure." - Clarence Darrow
"The man who invented the telescope found out more about heaven than the closed eyes of prayer ever discovered." - Robert G. Ingersoll
Really, if you take a step back and think about it, art is so subjective, it seems futile for there to even be critics of any capacity. For someone to create something and have it elicit an emotional reaction in another human is really amazing, if you think about it. The fact that there are people who get paid to critique this phenomenon is really pretty sad.
Hey, maybe I finally have a topic to do a blog on!
Free the West Memphis 3.... http://www.wm3.org
"I am allergic to piety, it makes me break out in rash judgements." - Penn Jillette
"I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with a lot of pleasure." - Clarence Darrow
"The man who invented the telescope found out more about heaven than the closed eyes of prayer ever discovered." - Robert G. Ingersoll