Pollack may have been good, but I cannot condone cans of paint hurled at a canvas as "real art". An accident, an act of natural law, just art, okay, but "real art", no. See, there's the difference. Human art is an act against nature, the construction of something from disorder or away from basic regularity (pigments, base, brushes, canvas, wood frame, marble stone, clay, whatever the mediums and tools) and forcing a sentient decision upon it that makes a statement or aesthetic by the use of experiential skill. One cannot precisely (or even grossly) control the trajectory of flying paint and whatever control there is isn't enough to be considered 'talent' (barring those who use an airbrush and possibly spray paint since there is control of a tool and skill involved). If I took a large chunk of marble and dropped it from 50 ft up, then took a piece and said, "This is Art!", would you agree with that assessment? I certainly wouldn't. There is no precision, skill, direction, and very little applied consciousness to the execution of the final product. Now, if, before hoisting it up to be smashed, I had used my experience (and possibly technology) to examine the marble and then produced carefully selected cracks and breaks so that when it landed, it resulted in (nearly) the form to which I was aiming, that would be "real art" (as well as skill worthy of global fame! :) Otherwise, it is, as I stated, an act of natural law with a little human intervention. Although there is a minute amount of conscious effort (such as which direction should the paint be generally directed), it's not enough to help it rise above the murkiness to the level of "real art." Rant over ;) Kuroyume

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