The
process of producing a piece of work which, while
boasting little content, manages to
dazzle the viewer with a seemingly impressive display of
intellectual girth.
(
Opinion)
Art forms such as
Dada (anti-art) are a form of Pseudo-Intellectual Masturbation. It is important to note that, if a work of
art has little content or has been produced with little thought about the meaning, etc(the first sign of PIM), it is not neccessarily PIM! Art can also be
meaningful,
spiritual,
whatever, by being
aesthetically pleasing instead of having something important to say.
PMI can also occur in other fields:
literature,
home gardening, and even sometimes science. So, I have set up a few criteria for PIM-detection to be used daily.
1. The work must give a considerable amount of glorious credit to the author (if it's
anonymous, it will not bring glory to the author. Therefore, it really can't be very masturbatory, eh?)
2. The work may not contain any
insightful thinking,
meaningful remarks, or
thought-provoking ideas. (Who here understands what a door frame standing on its own in the middle of the room tries to convey to the viewer? The answer is simple: PIM)
3. The author must claim that the work has important value in the context that it is set in. I.e. if the author says its crap, then it is just
published crap.
4. The work itself must be
reminiscent of real, important, imaginative work. (Dada is crazy like most modern art, right?)
and..finally,
5. The work has been produced with little thought or effort.
Farewell, and good night.