Comments on: Artists May Be Like Athletes…But Art is Not https://musedialogue.org A journal for contemplation and discussion of the arts Sun, 29 Dec 2013 14:34:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: mikehoey@earthlink.net https://musedialogue.org/latest-issue/vol-2-the-path-of-new-musicians/artists-athletes-and-the-passion-to-excel/artists-athletes-and-the-passion-to-excel-ii-a-response-from-andrew-swensen/#comment-5209 Thu, 16 May 2013 23:41:15 +0000 https://musedialogue.org/?page_id=2054#comment-5209 Though the question ‘Whay is art?’ can of course only be answered subjectively, it seems obvious to me that everything is art, and everybody is an artist. The bigger question–also subjective–is: ‘Can this art show me something that is worth my time?’

]]> By: themusedialogue https://musedialogue.org/latest-issue/vol-2-the-path-of-new-musicians/artists-athletes-and-the-passion-to-excel/artists-athletes-and-the-passion-to-excel-ii-a-response-from-andrew-swensen/#comment-5153 Sat, 11 May 2013 20:30:52 +0000 https://musedialogue.org/?page_id=2054#comment-5153 To argue that computer programming is an art is not a rebuttal to the article. In fact, it could well be a support of the article, and so I look forward to your upcoming comments.

Computer programming can be an art if it generates art. The distinction in the article is about goals and outcomes. I have seen computer programmers generate a great deal of art. I have also seen computer programmers generate things that are not art — though certainly are works of talent, skill, and mastery. Wood carvers, painters, and weavers can all make things that are art, and things that are not art. My principal point is the fact that their skill or talent alone does not define the outcome as art.

Best,

Andrew Swensen

]]> By: Franklin https://musedialogue.org/latest-issue/vol-2-the-path-of-new-musicians/artists-athletes-and-the-passion-to-excel/artists-athletes-and-the-passion-to-excel-ii-a-response-from-andrew-swensen/#comment-5152 Sat, 11 May 2013 19:51:05 +0000 https://musedialogue.org/?page_id=2054#comment-5152 Whoa. The gauntlet has been thrown. As a computer programmer, I believe that programming is first and foremost an art, so I’m going to write a rebuttal to the entire mindset that this article seems to have.

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