The Arts in NYC

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Shouldn't we be more stringent?

In class, we discussed the possibility that "anything is art." But, aren't we being a little too nebulous here? I think we should be a little more precise about art, and it's aspects.

We should probably have a distinct categories for the forms of art. We might have something like "drawing, painting or sculpting...etc" as the "ways of real art." The varied entities produced by using the "ways of real art," should be the "forms of physical art." The "forms of physical art" include examples, such as "The Mona Lisa," arguably, the best painting that has ever been done. But now, we come to the important issue, which is music.

How are we going to classify music?

Well, music should be given a totally new category, called "forms of different art." This would certainly accredit music as a art form, while being more specific than just calling it "art." The forms of different art would have the non-traditional connotations, such as "cleaning, teaching, sewing, raising, watching, learning...etc; all forms not involving "forms of physical art." Of course, I wouldn't mind calling it different names,however, we need to get the point across that music is not just "art."

This is essential in giving music it's own sense of "existence." I agree with Andrew and Lilian that music represents a great experience, of course, if appropriate. When one of Professor Judell's former student's, who was a improvisationist, exhibited some of his works, I truly felt that true music comes from the heart, better than that of anything else. We heard, for instance, loud-pitched music, indicating that he was terrified. He used softening music to indicate the level of calm.

These were excellent "forms of different art." Clearly, proper nomenclature is important because we need to keep some sort of order. This is higly important in music. We don't want the musicians to say that they are playing "art." Specificity is the utmost important thing in the world, which currently, is full of vagueness. It is especially important for the "forms of different art," which includes music.

-Nihir S.