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Now Lemmy Explain: Simple Explanation for Complex Topics

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Inspired by r/eli5 and Casually Explained.

Now Lemmy Explain: Starting the "Now Lemmy Explain" community.

I've always felt like the name "Explain Like I'm 5" is patronizing (yes, I know, it's from an Office joke). I want to see a community that's better and more entertaining to read than how it was on reddit.

Now Lemmy Explain: The Rules:

  1. All post title must start with "Now Lemmy Explain: "
  2. All topics are allowed (within reason) but try to avoid ones that will start a flame war.
  3. Keep your explanation concise and entertaining. Remember though, comedy is subjective.
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  5. If you see someone else do a great job explaining a particular topic, you are encouraged to cross-post it here, but be sure to credit the original poster for their contributions.

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Now Lemmy Explain: Art (self.nowlemmyexplain)
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[–] MargotRobbie 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Art is whatever someone calls "Art", because the only thing required to be qualified as art is intent.

I'm art.

You're art.

This comment is now art.

The real question should never be whether it is art, but rather if this art is effective art.

And the effectiveness of art is measured by how well the artist express his/her/their intent.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ok, now please explain the difference between "art" and "craft."

[–] MargotRobbie 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Crafts are functional objects usually made by skilled professionals, which is why they are called "handicraft" or "skilled craft". "Crafts" should be considered a subset of art, but emphasized on their original, functional nature.

Like a basket, or a leather wallet, or a necklace, or StarCraft.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Ya that's sort of how I read it.