On Sun, 31 Mar 2013 16:01:17 -0400, Dave Smith
> wrote:



>> So you don't know much about art, but you know what you like{;-)
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>I suppose some people confuse form and function. When one is talking
>about a bowl it is not big stretch to assume they are referring to a
>function piece of kitchenware. IMO, a bowl is something that should be
>used.... for something, rather than just an objet d'art. To make a bowl
>that really can't be used as a bowl is IMO, silly. There are some
>beautiful bowls around that are useful as bowls. The others are just props.

They can be art, just as a sculpture can be. No more silly as art
than those stupid canvasses that Rembrandt painted on. Now they don't
even make a good tent.