Slogging through the blogging

After several months of sitting in a chair and staring, I'm back for another blog entry. I went to see the Chihuly exhibition at the De Young Museum a couple of weeks ago, and hooked on to a docent-led tour group making its way through the galleries. One thing the docent said that stuck with me was, "Chihuly had to fight to get his work to be considered as fine art, if you can believe that! Some want to label it as craft!" My thought was, what's wrong with craft? What is 'fine art' anyway? And who says it is superior to craft? It's a misguided snobbish notion. Emerson once said, "I like a man who likes to see a fine barn as well as a good tragedy." So do I. And I have to say, the Chihuly exhibit is one of the most enjoyable I've ever seen in a museum. There is an undeniable beauty in the colorful and sensual glass forms that he has created. Whether this work is exhibited in a fine arts museum or a crafts museum is immaterial to me.