The most talented artist today....

[Navaros]

orgasmic experience of musical masterbation!!!

is it really necessary to use such vulgar and obscene lanuage. especially in the Frontroom.

[Big_John]

i think it's cumpulsory actually.

[Devastatin Dave]

is it really necessary to use such vulgar and obscene lanuage. especially in the Frontroom.

Sorry Nav, I edited...

[Sasaki Kojiro]

New, heres a real childhood prodigy:

http://www.artakiane.com/akiane_art.htm#

[Togakure]

Akiane's work is truly stunning. If there were evidence of the Divine, I would be inclined to see talent like this as such. What else can explain such a profound ability? It adds credence to the idea of channeling, as opposed to creating.

Regarding the banter in this thread, my take is: art means something different depending on whom you ask. Artists see things quite differently from those who admire art but don't create it themselves. I've heard people suggest that the determining factor for art is appreciation by the masses, and then there are those that believe it is in the eye/ear/mind of the artist and has nothing at all to do with those who simply observe and consume. Personally, while I think art is something created by a human being, whether a created thing is art or not depends on the individual making the judgement. If one believes it to be art, then it is art--to that individual. What others think does not matter to said individual. I think all those who insist on being able to say what is art or not for others are not much different from the politicians, religious leaders, and despots throughout the world--those that would tell us what we should think, how we should be, what we can or cannot do.

To hell with the lot of them. I'll decide for myself, thank you.

[Togakure]

... A person who is 4 years old can't possibly comprehend anything deep enough to make real art ...

I strongly disagree with this statement. Youngsters often see profoundly into the nature of things. Most simply aren't able to communicate what they understand effectively. Unfortunately, many are "schooled" into believing otherwise as they grow older. There are those who believe that the older we get, the more removed we become from the true nature of things ... .

I have heard very young musicians play more beautifully, with much more passion and musical awareness, than many, many college-educated musicians. True, sometimes their technique was limited by their small hands or lungs, but when it came to playing musically, they had naturally what so many of their seniors lacked. They made real art right before my ears, which sometimes brought tears to my eyes (both in admiration and frustration, as for all my advanced years I could not do what they could do).

[KukriKhan]

This thing has legs:

http://www.big-boys.com/articles/myamya.html

almost like a cult following

[Byzantine Prince]

I strongly disagree with this statement. Youngsters often see profoundly into the nature of things. Most simply aren't able to communicate what they understand effectively. Unfortunately, many are "schooled" into believing otherwise as they grow older. There are those who believe that the older we get, the more removed we become from the true nature of things

Young... yes. Four... NO! Four year olds are todlers. My comment wasn't directed at their skill level, just their age. At that age(4) you can't make paintings like a 16 year old and have them have meaning. I'de say anywhere between 6 and 8 is where maturity kicks in a notch.

[Big_John]

there's an exception to every rule..

[Devastatin Dave]

Young... yes. Four... NO! Four year olds are todlers. My comment wasn't directed at their skill level, just their age. At that age(4) you can't make paintings like a 16 year old and have them have meaning. I'de say anywhere between 6 and 8 is where maturity kicks in a notch.

And some would say that teens are too irrational and immature to debate on political forums as well...

[Byzantine Prince]

Who says that? *brings out his family AK-47 and gets his face all intense*

[Kaiser of Arabia]

that dudes from Cliffside park NJ
He's a Romanain Immigrant..


Anyway RAMMSTEIN OWNS HIm

And some would say that teens are too irrational and immature to debate on political forums as well...

*smack*

[Redleg]

This thing has legs:

http://www.big-boys.com/articles/myamya.html

almost like a cult following

Now that one is funny.

[Kaiser of Arabia]

http://www.funpic.hu/swf/numanuma.html
i like this version