aeilkema opened this issue on Mar 05, 2005 ยท 22 posts
jc posted Sat, 05 March 2005 at 11:46 AM
Sure, it would be nice if more people appreciated art. But people are animals and reproduction is the most important thing any animal does (DNA is in control, like it or not). No reproduction = no animals, so it's no wonder "sex sells" better than art does - it's what we do. So, i don't see the predominance of sex in everything as immature. To me it's more like a "value added tax" that you pay for being human. Besides, i like sex. Beautiful clouds, beautiful flowers, beautiful landscapes, beautiful women (from my POV) - they all work well for me. Still, it's a shame more people don't view and comment on the fine art - they don't realize how much they are missing out on. In getting a fine art degree, we "had to" study a lot of art history. Really wakes you up, to see hundreds of years worth of art (sex in much of it).