kokabeel opened this issue on Nov 19, 2005 ยท 42 posts
lmckenzie posted Sun, 20 November 2005 at 5:39 PM
Very nice image kokabeel, the bottom one. I like the monochromatic look with the contrasting splash of color. I sure know some people who would consider it pornographic, degrading to women, yada, yada though, no matter how artistic the execution. I think I understand where you're coming from and I'm not saying people should pretend to like what they can't stand but today's climate (especially in the US of A) is a particularly good time IMO to have a bit of solidarity. If the hammer falls, pleading art will do one about as much good as pleading science did for Gallileo. Yeah, the sign at the top of the page says "Art Community," but if you start defining art too narrowly, you lose the community and vice versa.
"Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance." - H. L. Mencken