What is art?

[henry quirk]

...meat loaf (both lower and upper case).

[henry quirk]

...the bloody 'thing' the cats left on the stoop, the 'thing' I bare-foot stepped on as I stumbled out of the house at 4 for the day's first smoke.

[henry quirk]

'Thing', to me, implies some organization, some structure. The bloody 'thing' I stepped on, while not recognizable as a particular (kind of) animal, 'was' an animal, had some (remaining) structure, and so, to me, was a 'thing'.

'Stuff', on the other hand, to me, is just 'stuff'...like poop, or blood, or vomit....there's no structure to it, just a lump of, a pool of, a splash of, 'stuff'.

Now, I'm just takin' about organics here, what you might run across in your backyard or in the woods (or, your toilet or tub). 'Thing' and 'stuff' get cast different, for me, when we're talkin' about made or built 'things' or 'stuff'.

[henry quirk]

...useless explanations of idiosyncratic definitions.

[henry quirk]

And: I wouldn't wanna step in Ben Grimm, so I'll step in stuff.

[henry quirk]

Rick: What's Glenn's favorite restaurant?

Carl: Please, Dad, don't...

Rick: Popeye's, Carl! Glenn's favorite restaurant is Popeye's!

[captainhook455]

Originally Posted by henry quirk

Rick: What's Glenn's favorite restaurant?

Carl: Please, Dad, don't...

Rick: Popeye's, Carl! Glenn's favorite restaurant is Popeye's!

Nuthin wrong with Popeye's iffn ya don't mind a teaspoon of grease in ever bite.

tarheel