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Re: "Instrument" vs "Effect"
>I like to draw analogies with art, so let me give one a try. Let's
>say we call a paintbrush and paint the collective instruments of the
>painter, meaning that they are the physical objects that touch the
>canvas and produce what we see as visual stimuli. It seems a bit
>awkward to say this, but bear with me. Then let's say that when the
>painter finishes his piece, he puts it on display and places a rose
>colored sheet of Plexiglas in front of the painting, so that the
>original visual sense data are then altered to appear different colors.
So the plexiglas is part of the artist's expression.
I can't see that it wouldn't just become an integral part of "the art".
Just that it now gets called "mixed media".
andybutler