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05/08/2013 02:48:50 PM · #51
Originally posted by bspurgeon:

Originally posted by bvy:

I personally like this:

Without effort or pretentiousness; natural and simple.

Instead of a challenge, maybe it should be a ruleset.


If it were a rule-set it would require complicated efforts to stay within an unnatural box. ;)

Well, yes, I was kidding.

Instead of a cardboard box challenge, maybe we need an unnatural box challenge. (I think my nude entry would have qualified for both.)
05/08/2013 03:57:42 PM · #52
Originally posted by jmritz:

art·less
adj.
1. Having or displaying no guile, cunning, or deceit.
2. Free of artificiality; natural: artless charm.
3. Lacking art, knowledge, or skill; uncultured and ignorant.
4. Poorly made or done; crude.

artâ€Â¢ful
adj.
1. slyly crafty or cunning; deceitful; tricky.
2. skillful or clever in adapting means to ends; ingenious.
3. done with or characterized by art or skill.
4. Archaic. artificial.


you have hit upon it- the term of art, "art" does not refer to concept of art in this instance... but instead as defined below...
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