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Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight
Which was my reaction to the OP story. The point is ostensibly to engender conversation, but my feeling when it's so obvious that the artist them self hasn't even considered the implications thoroughly (which I believe is the case in the OP), then my general response is, "Well, then why should I care if you don't?" Unfair, perhaps, but I just am not interested in giving that person the attention they're seeking.
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This was my reaction to the OP as well. I haven't actually said much about it, because, like EH, I prefer the discussion of general concept to this particular concept itself. So in that sense, I appreciate the work - it spurred this interesting conversation. But in terms of my immediate reaction to the piece, and from what I've read of her responses, it seemed rather hollow and meant to seek attention. And less than thoroughly thought-through; otherwise, the waffling about meaning and purpose wouldn't have been quite so waffly. So, to me? Art in the sense that it's provoking discussion. But that discussion (ours, anyway) is not the discussion I think she was hoping to provoke.