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Mantus · 12-26-2003, 01:15 PM

A man walks into a modern art gallery. He comes across on particular piece and is quite moved by all that it represents and means to him. A moment latter a janitor walks up to the exhibit and says, “oh I am sorry I left my bucket and mop behind” as he proceeds to carry the work of art to the janitor closet.

A far-fetched story? Not at all, it can really happen for a reason; art has no agreed upon definition. As such, anything could be interpreted as art. Though there is a further incentive for this to happen. It has to do with the location. A gallery is a place where one expects to find art. Therefore when one enters a gallery and sees something on exhibit one assumes that it is art. It is doubtful that that if that same man would think a bucket and mop to be art if he saw them in the hall of an office building.

There are other concepts that do not have clear definitions. Some are not all that vague. Love for example isn’t totally defined yet we all know that love is a positive feeling, for example one can never confuse it with hate or sadness. On the other hand there are other terms that are so loosely defined that their definitions seem to imply something that does not have a definition. The obvious one that comes to mind is god. So I reach the following conclusion:

God is art and the whole world is the gallery.

The definition of god is so ambiguous and elusive that we are often encouraged to create our own. Then we are told that god can be found anywhere in the world, including in ourselves. Provided these two facts it is not a surprise that so many people find god.

I hear proofs of god all the time, all of them are unique. A person sees a vision, has a spiritual experience and gets lucky in life; to him that is a sign of god for god gave him such good luck. Another person has a terrible life, gets cancer and is on her deathbed; to her this is proof of god for if life is so cruel something better must exist afterwards to create balance. Two contradicting description of the same being, neither being wrong because there is no definition to begin with. Add our ability for faith and we are set to discover god if we only look for him.

P.S. With how many threads we have on the subject perhaps we should just call this the “discussions of god” forum.

Cheers.

12-26-2003, 01:15 PM	#1 (permalink)
Mantus lascivious	God as art A man walks into a modern art gallery. He comes across on particular piece and is quite moved by all that it represents and means to him. A moment latter a janitor walks up to the exhibit and says, “oh I am sorry I left my bucket and mop behind” as he proceeds to carry the work of art to the janitor closet. A far-fetched story? Not at all, it can really happen for a reason; art has no agreed upon definition. As such, anything could be interpreted as art. Though there is a further incentive for this to happen. It has to do with the location. A gallery is a place where one expects to find art. Therefore when one enters a gallery and sees something on exhibit one assumes that it is art. It is doubtful that that if that same man would think a bucket and mop to be art if he saw them in the hall of an office building. There are other concepts that do not have clear definitions. Some are not all that vague. Love for example isn’t totally defined yet we all know that love is a positive feeling, for example one can never confuse it with hate or sadness. On the other hand there are other terms that are so loosely defined that their definitions seem to imply something that does not have a definition. The obvious one that comes to mind is god. So I reach the following conclusion: God is art and the whole world is the gallery. The definition of god is so ambiguous and elusive that we are often encouraged to create our own. Then we are told that god can be found anywhere in the world, including in ourselves. Provided these two facts it is not a surprise that so many people find god. I hear proofs of god all the time, all of them are unique. A person sees a vision, has a spiritual experience and gets lucky in life; to him that is a sign of god for god gave him such good luck. Another person has a terrible life, gets cancer and is on her deathbed; to her this is proof of god for if life is so cruel something better must exist afterwards to create balance. Two contradicting description of the same being, neither being wrong because there is no definition to begin with. Add our ability for faith and we are set to discover god if we only look for him. P.S. With how many threads we have on the subject perhaps we should just call this the “discussions of god” forum. Cheers.