I stated "a single frame extracted from a security camera operated randomly and automatically in the corner of an empty warehouse". Operated. Past tense. I phrased it intentionally. YOU made the assumption. I made the logical assumption that for a camera or its tape to have a frame to extract, it must have operated prior to the time of extraction. >Admittedly I baited you, but perhaps you should have questioned the situation more carefully before deciding. If you are baiting then no amount of questioning will reveal the relevant facts until you feel the need. Most likely not until an answer was given so that you could counter with these new facts. Changing the question is not a response to the original answer. > Think me a troll all you wish. It makes no nevermind. Dismissing the consequences of your actions does not negate the consequences. >The notion that a collected strip of blank tape presented as art, when even you yourself who collected and presented don't understand your own message, is absurd. But enjoy. I did not intend that statement to read that the collector/artist did not understand the message. I assumed the artist was a third party and that you and I do not understand his message. That being said, claiming something is absurd is not a logical argument. >The belief that art is whatever any believer believes it is equates to everything being qua art. However, it also provides for any believer to believe the opposite. art is whatever any believer believes it is is not what I stated. It is not belief that makes it art, it is intent. >"Skill is present in the execution of all works," Egad. Disagreement without rebuttal? >"You dont have to like it, but that doesnt mean it isnt art." Nor does liking it mean it is art. Agreed. >"Skill in and of itself is not measurable; however it can be observed in our actions (or productions) and judged relative to others." And how on Earth does this NOT equate to measurement? Youre not measuring the skill, your judging the work. Judging the work is subjective. Measurements (to my mind at least) should be objective. >I find your rebuttal lacking in rationale (although I am sincerely grateful for it), so I will heed Nietzsche's advice and invest my interests elsewhere. Be well.

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