What the f*** is art??????

Following the huge controversy caused by this Absolut Vodka ad, which has Mexico reclaiming California, Absolut had indeed to apologize and withdraw the aforementioned ad campaign as too much $$$ are in stakes while Grey Goose Vodka claims the No1 spot in the US market...What really has me pissed off is that I bet very few people (and yes, I mean Americans) know California was indeed a part of Mexico and was captivated effortless by General Scott during the Mexican-American War (1846-1848, How do I know this stuff??? Check out this awesome book from my collection)..It was Mexico that lost California when it considered it of little value, but the territory soon suddenly acquired far greater value with the discovery of gold...I mean how do you have an opinion when you ain't know shit??? And don't tell me that Mexicans are dreaming of getting back those territories...Anyone who believes in a conspiracy being carried out by Mexicans and Mexican-Americans on behalf of Mexico doesn't know beans. Again, who says Mexico even wants the Southwest? Why own when you're already enjoying a windfall? Mexican workers in the United States send home nearly $25 billion annually in remittances. More important, Mexican immigrants aren't exactly loyal disciples of the Mexican government, which many of them blame for the corruption and poverty that sent them packing. This whole controversy was silly, and only Americans seemed to be intoxicated by it. Mexicans couldn't care less...Set aside the historic and politic aspect of the issue I keep wondering why didn't people approached this ad as a damn form of art..is it art, or not? and how do we define art? and how do we explain art to Americans who conceive the world as captivated in the following pic???

More on art and its meaning. Guillermo Vargas Habacuc had 2 children catch a dog which then chained and used as “art”. He told everyone not to feed this dog. The dog died in the gallery. This guy calls himself an artist but there is like a zillion of people out there signing petitions to ban him while calling him an animal abuser, a killer, a brutal monster, a sick pervert blah blah blah and mainly NOT an artist. 2 things: First, DON'T BELIEVE EVERYTHING YOU READ (those who know me the most can acknowledge how I've been saying this quote forever...!). This story was soooo intriguing so having all the tell-tale signs of being an internet hoax, I thought little of it. Then yesterday I got 100! invites to join a Facebook group about a petition to stop the artist from repeating the exhibition. The group had grown 17 0.000 members strong and I started to worry, not for the dog but for my friends who so willingly let themselves be caught by the dragnet of mass suggestion..Why??? For the dog did not starve, nor die. The gallery put out a public statement saying that the dog had been fed throughout the exhibition and had escaped after the first day. The Humane Society validates this on their website:

"According to local animal welfare organizations, the dog was in a state of starvation when he was captured from the street for display in the exhibit. We have also been informed that the dog spent one day in the exhibit and later escaped the gallery".

As to whether such an exhibition should be called art I have to go with a big YES cause for me art is such a freedom thing and when we try to define it we inevitably oppress it. There will always be cultural boundaries and different definitions of what is defined as “art”... In no means I approve dog abuse I'm just against censorship. In Greece, in an exhibition back in 2003, there was this pic causing major controversy..Greek government decided this wasn't art and banned it...who signed similar petitions then????

NBA playoffs update:
After watching Tim Duncan hit this amazing super clutch 3 pointer (the 1st of the season too) during the 1st OT of an epic game I can only assume he is drinking some bad gatorade...Here's the proof:


I'm going with Celtics, Pistons, Cavs and Magic from the East and Fakers, Suns, Dallas, Utah from the West..See you in the second round!