Skill and Imagination

[drlorentz]

Skill without imagination is craftsmanship and gives us many useful objects such as wickerwork picnic baskets. Imagination without skill gives us modern art.
– Tom Stoppard (Artist Descending a Staircase)

Playwright Tom Stoppard, known for Rosencrantz and Gildenstern Are Dead and other works, is rare among people in theater (lovies, as the Brits like to call them) in being more on the conservative side. An admirer of Vaclav Havel and a free speech advocate, he has based ideas about art in general.

Herewith, we have an example of skill and imagination. Is it art?

Dudes Posting Their W’s (@DudespostingWs) on X

[Citizen_bitcoin]

The comments on X say he should reinforce the legs

[drlorentz]

The only reason legs would need reinforcement is because Americans are obese. A normal-weight person would easily be supported by those four legs per seat. I can see how they might collapse under the weight of a 300-pound individual but the problem lies not with the furniture.

On second thought, the wooden legs seem a lot sturdier that the plastic legs in cheap chairs like the one below. As an aside, I’ve seen such a chair collapse under a very heavy person.