In a message dated 8/15/01 11:02:54 AM EST, [log in to unmask] writes:

> > [Steve]
> > What is the current thinking about the 
>  > question of "what is art?".
>  > 
>  
> [Pat]
>  Whose "current thinking" are you asking about? 
  
I had in mind anything that sheds some light on the subject. If you want to 
discuss your own views, that would be interesting and I would appreciate it. 
Some people on the list are reluctant to publicly discuss their personal 
views but do not mind discussing the views of other scholars, and that would 
be interesting as well. As I said, I'm torn between the view that art cannot 
be defined by anyone versus the view that not everything is art just because 
someone says it is art.

-- Steve --