# So ... it's OK to be kind of sloppy & illiterate, as long as you're an "artist"?

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**Created:** [October 9, 2004, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-its-ok-to-be-kind-of-sloppy-illiterate-as-long-as-youre-an-artist/268398 "2004-10-09T20:36:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2004, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-its-ok-to-be-kind-of-sloppy-illiterate-as-long-as-youre-an-artist/268398/41 "2004-10-10T23:17:22Z")

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The city could install various sizes of hammers at the site (along with safety goggles, of course), charge a few bucks for a swing, and declare the piece “performance art.”

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**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2004, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-its-ok-to-be-kind-of-sloppy-illiterate-as-long-as-youre-an-artist/268398/42 "2004-10-10T23:34:22Z")

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> [@Zebra](#):
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> Something tells me there is some sort kick back deal behind all this mess.

Given the way Nashville guberment “works,” I’d say that was a given.

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