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From: uurtamo@math.arizona.edu (Steve Uurtamo)
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Subject: Re: Art, math, realism, ascii (Re: PARASITES INSIDE OF
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Date: 8 Aug 1994 09:46:50 -0700
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>> Besides that, I don't believe the purpose of art is to convey precise
>> intentions.  Jackson Pollack certainly wasn't being very precise when
>> he splattered paint on a canvas by tossing it through a turbine.  And
>> if you start trying to figure out the precise pattern of paint
>> splatters that optimally represents Pollack's intention, then you've
>> missed the point entirely.

Okay, I realize that I am responding to flame bait.  So be it.

Jackson Pollock never "by tossing it through a turbine", he did it by hand,
meticulously, with great effort, and great intent.  To say that he intended
to "fleece the public out of money" is an affront to the sensibilities of
even the most boorish of swine.

Even the slightest education with regard to art will clear up the nauseating
distastefulness of your putrid excrescence.

I bid you good day, and banish you to a month of art history classes.