From impressionism to pointililsm to my nursery-school grandboy’s stick figures with appendage-sprouting-heads, the outward expression of other peoples’ internal creativity knocks me out. Whatever it is.
Following a visit to the Van Gogh Museum, an old friend and I had a big argument about whether or not an objective definition of good art exists. I said no. He said yes—using the exhibit as evidence of a quantifiable measure of talent. I refuted this by saying there were only two paintings in the whole building that I would want in my living room. And only if I could get a good deal. Everything else was too bleak.
We ended up agreeing to disagree.
(He was wrong.)
Granted, I did doze through my one art appreciation class (dim lights and overheated auditorium resulted in large group-naps) but I do know what makes me happy.
And to me that’s as decent a definition of good art as any.
Here are some fun outside installations I get to see whenever I leave home. These photos were snapped after a long winter.
![Trikes mixed with flowers](https://streetlightmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/trike-sculpture.jpg)
The artist told me he arranges his garden sculptures to compensate for the brevity of spring blooms. Bold red ride on-toys amongst short-lived daffodils.
Someone else put up the sculpture that looks like an oversized stone hive. The way it settles into the still dormant woods like a black and white photograph is pretty incredible. Throw in the yellow blooms and it looks like hope on the march.
![Hive made of stones in the woods](https://streetlightmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/hive-sculpture.jpg)
The Stonehengey piece is going to baffle future generations almost as much as it does me. But it’s cool.
![Stonehenge in woods](https://streetlightmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/stone-hedge.jpeg)
Sometimes this one reminds me of a sunset behind the Blue Ridge Mountains. Other times, it reminds me of an eyeball .
![Stone sculpture of sunrise behind mountains](https://streetlightmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/stone-rise-eyeball.jpg)
And this is outside art coming into my kitchen.
![Picturesque view of outside from kitchen](https://streetlightmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/kitchen-window.jpg)
There is art everywhere. And space for all of it.
Except for clown portraits, of course. There’s no room for those.
PS: Here’s one more.
![Simpsons dolls, framed](https://streetlightmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/framed-simpsons-300x225.jpg)
Because why shouldn’t Happy Meal toys be framed?
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