Conrad Blog:

hm. good point. but lie is such a harsh word. i may have said facade or or... something. but lie seems to work doesn't it? if you think of it outside of modern culture's definition and in true light of the word and it's more complete meaning, it really does do the job.

yes, I think lie is a pretty good word. On version one of my pedalboy webpage, which was terrible, I had some really stupid intro page that I probably thought was soooo "deep" or something. It had a bunch of stuff on it and then summed it up with, "Art is beautiful deception" or something like that.

Its like that "this is not a pipe" painting. (There's this picture of a pipe and underneath in french it reads, "this is not a pipe") Most people get confused and think the painter is just being contrary for the sake of being contrary. But its true, it is not a pipe. Its an artists interpretation and extrapolation of a pipe. You would never put that paiting in your mouth and light it on fire. I hope not anyway. Art's always a little artificial, and all true art should bring you somewhere, a la "realizing the truth." Got a job interview tomorrow, better get some sleep.

yeah, art's a means to the real thing... or at least, often times it's a means to something real. and we know, because of Kant (hehe), that the end is what should be important... or something.