What Is Art??

   Ok.  So about a year ago, I am moved to this strange planet.  I am still unsure of the intelligence of many of the lifeforms here. 

   One day we went to some of the museums around town, one of which was an "art" museum.  Now, I admit that I do not have a degree in Art Appreciation, so don't be too hard on me.  The museum did have some really beautiful and interesting items and I do remember those that really struck me.  However, the collection by one particular artist has had the biggest impact, thus far.  Photos of roadkill...I will let you think about that for a few minutes..............................yes, there were guts hanging out.................yes, smushed heads, also................flattened turtles?...yes.  Have you had enough time?  Ok, then, I ask you this: is this art? I mean, I get it.  I get the message that the more we build, the more we encroach on the wildlife and they have no where to go.  I really really get the message, but does it belong in an art museum?

   Ok, artistic education class number 2.  A friend invited me out for a "girls night out".  We went to dinner and then met one of her friends at a local art museum.  The museums were having an "admission free" night.  We walk into this old house, you know, with the wooden porch and wooden floors inside.  The "greeter" woman welcomes us in and begins telling us about the different local artists that they are displaying tonight.  She is just about done when she reminds us not to miss the photographs in the far right room.  "They were all done by a 15 year old artist," she says exitedly, "and they are all of industrial waste!"  Need I say more?  I am really glad that this photographer has such a passion for environmental causes.  I really am not trying to put down either artist, but is industrial waste art?  My friend, knowing of my previous "roadkill art experience", just gave me a look, and I had to quickly walk into another room.  I was about to have hysterics, just as the "artist's" father came into the museum.

   I think that this kind of "art" belongs in one of the numerous "Save the Planet" magazines.  How about a newspaper article to accompany the photos.  I think the messages would reach more people.

   Roadkill? Industrial waste?  Art?  Don't ask me.  I think I just may be too uncultured for this planet!

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