Monday, December 1, 2008

Response to Wordpress Blog

Response to "Abortion: Social Issue or Shock Art?"

1.  This person's opinion about art is that it is a freedom of speech and that should be protected, but also that sometimes the piece is of questionable taste and can be censored so that society isn't unwillingly subjected to this kind of art.

2. This person uses only their personal beliefs as evidence.

3. This person leans more to the left, and wants to protect freedoms such as freedom of expression and freedom of choice.  But also is more conservative when it comes to art that brings up such strong emotions in people.

4. An interesting point I heard is that art used only for the shock value is not necessarily art, and that when you create something so controversial, you may bring bad attention to the cause you wanted to support.

5. My definition of art is something meaningful that was intentionally created, that isn't there only to shock people.