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Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
The amazing thing about The Gates is not the artistic redefinition of the Central Park landscape. It's the effect it had on people.
Central Park is considered the city's oasis...People took photos, walked through the park, climbed the rocks and explored areas they probably hadn't explored in years. Adults were lining up to get on swings and everyone just seemed younger and happier.
I agree with you that its artistic merit is debatable (orange flags. okay. so?). But the real art is in how it affects people.
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Well, I'm certainly not going to fall into the trap of arguing whether something is "art" considering the term is now used in phrases and material like, "The Art of Public Speaking", Zen and The Art of Motorcycle whatever that book is, and in fact the latest book I'm reading which is the Art of Housekeeping. No. It's the ultra serious descriptions of the event, and sometimes pretension that goes along with it. I like your description of this event and the effect it had. I think, then, it deserves a more lighthearted approach then -- hey it got us out to the park in Winter which was super cool and we got to act like kids and even meet our fellow NY'ers. But...from what I can tell, some think this event is considerably loftier and historically placed than that. I got out too and it was nice to walk under pretty things and the color is real pretty and reminded me of fall. I'm just sick of the pseudo intellectual talk I have to put up with about this event. I might have also run out to the park to see those homos having at it in the trees. That would have been a fun crowd of watchers. Art? Maybe, though admittedly not a children event.
