American Thinker's Rick Moran recently wrote a blog piece about the destruction of Andres Serrano's creations, excreta that some euphemistically refer to as art.  Rick opened by saying that his topic would make for lively debate among commenters, and he was right.  And it has also provoked a lively response from me. In his piece, Rick states, "Art, as we learned when growing up, is in the eye of the beholder."  Yes, most of us did learn this growing up -- and we learned wrong.  That is to say, unless "art" doesn't really exist.  Now, when the eye/beholder proposition is made, let us be clear on what's being said.  If we accepted that art were simply a physical representation of something -- that is, it could be beautiful, ugly, uplifting, degrading or anything at all -- the truth would be plain: If it were a physical representation of a thing, it would be art.  And it certainly would not be in the eye of the beholder. ...(Read Full Post)