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Re:I don't "get" art by chris_p on Monday June 18, 2012 @07:39AM (#4125921)
Therefore, books and literature aren't art, since they express ideas, notions and feelings with nothing but words. Wait, what?
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Re:I don't "get" art by drumdance on Monday June 18, 2012 @08:50AM (#4126139)
They do so using metaphor, simile, plot and character, but very rarely direct argument. Remembrance of Things Past is not the same as "nostalgia is powerful."
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Re:I don't "get" art by crasshopper on Monday June 18, 2012 @10:30AM (#4126556)
That is not a valid deduction from what leot said.
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