[LAU] Art's suitability for anything

[Ralf Mardorf]

On Sat, 2013-08-17 at 11:53 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> On Sat, 2013-08-17 at 13:18 +0800, James Harkins wrote:
> > Ralf wrote:
> > 
> > > There's a difference between art and tools released for the public.
> > > Art, excepted of the crap on the radio, should not suit to anything.
> 
> This is a simplified statement. I guess it's Woody Allen's "Hannah and
> Her Sisters" were somebody wanted to buy a painting, that should fit to
> the color of the sofa. Design isn't the same as art, handcrafts isn't
> the same as art. Sure, art you like will fit to your psyche, but it's
> not the target to please people, it should give people a wake call.

PS: Still simplified, entertainment can be art too and shouldn't give
people a wake call, but just entertain ;). It's an extensive subject and
the boarder between art and not art is without any transition. Folk art
e.g. does have all kinds of "tasks", one is to suite, to decorate.