Need Help, Oh Artsy Ones!

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Originally Posted by Alex

I'm superior to you, for you have not accepted the value of my art.

Your art is valuable, indeed. Let's have a look at your first work in this thread.

Or take the amateurs route (AKA "The Street Fair School") to surrealism:

1. Do or make something that makes no sense.
2. Look smug when presenting it.
3. Act superior to those who would question its merits as art.

At first blush, it may seem that the post is simply poking holes in the basic concept of surrealism as "art". On closer inspection, one word stands out - "amateurs". Besides the obvious grammatical issue (which I'm sure is intentional, right, Alex?) it points out that only amateurs would consider this a route to surrealism. (No offense to Disneyphile - this thread itself is a way of claiming amateur status). By stating as such, instead of subverting surrealism it is reaffirming surrealism as a learned art form.

Of course the real art form at hand is the art form of the Message Board Post, which, I daresay, most of us mastered many years ago.

[Alex]

Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor

Your art is valuable, indeed.

And thus you've deprived me of my artiness. For having been made sense of, it no longer is.

It's a said day in Farmville for I have lost my Street Fair booth license and am left able only to frolic among the pinwheels of passion and temperance.

[Disneyphile]

Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor

(No offense to Disneyphile - this thread itself is a way of claiming amateur status).

None taken. I'm absolutely not ashamed to say I don't know something and ask for help.

This thread is really helping. I'm finding I really like Magritte - it's very intriguing, rather than WTF, like Dali.

An especially big thanks to those who made the Disney examples. That's putting it in a language I can understand.

So, all of this is really helping me gather ideas for my project. I knew I came to the right place.