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No one owns the object except human history,
which is definitively the craft object. Craft, the progenitor to all innovation,
before art and design, before science and alchemy, is human culture. The contemporary
argument between the hierarchy of craft and art is and will continue to be one
that urges interpretation and invention. It is an argument that defines our humanity.
It is an unsolvable question and no one side has the right to claim any assumed
dominance over the other. The argument should be utilized, especially in academia,
as a means to excel our perception of form in our growing technological world,
from our transitioning material to the immaterial based psychologies. It is
unfortunate that the opposing sides of this trifecta of form perception are still
so insecure as to not see this larger issue of human existence. Craft people,
stop playing the narcissist victim. Art people stop playing the narcissist tyrant.
Design people, keep ripping them both off, but please stay focused on helping
others.
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