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A 4 page essay that takes the form of an imaginary dialogue between Socrates and Senator Jesse Helms, who recently retired from public life and was a staunch foe of the National Endowment for the Arts during the 1990s because he did not consider that what the NEA funded was "art." In 1997, Helms argued that National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) funds should not go to artists who produce "objectionable or blasphemous art." This dialogue presumes that Helms and Socrates meet in the after life. Socrates, who loved to bait people, such as Helms, with entrenched positions, would be aware of Helms' stance toward art and undoubtedly address this within the larger topic of what constitutes beauty. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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that what the NEA funded was "art." In 1997, Helms argued that National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) funds should not go to artists who produce "objectionable or blasphemous art."
The following dialogue presumes that Helms and Socrates meet in the after life. Socrates, who loved to bait people, such as Helms, with entrenched positions, would be aware of Helms
stance toward art and undoubtedly address this within the larger topic of what constitutes beauty. Socrates: May I ask you, what is beauty? Helms: Why beauty, sir, is obvious.
It is anything that is pleasing to the eye and uplifting to the spirit. Not that obscenity that passes for art that the NEA funds. Socrates: I am
not sure what you mean. What makes a work of art beautiful? What makes a work of art obscene? Helms: Well, first of all, there is generally a sexual connotation
to what is considered to be obscene. Nudity, you know. Although, basically, it is also anything that profanes the high moral and religious standards upon which this great country
of ours was founded. Our forefathers did not imagine the abuses that would be heaped upon the American people in the name of the First Amendment....They....(Helms appears to be at
an imaginary podium, and is steadily building volume when Socrates interrupts.) Socrates: Oh, I see. Then the nude statuary that survived from my own era is considered obscene by your
centurys standards? Helms: No, no. Thats art. Thats old. Its all the old stuff that is art. Thats what I mean. That sort of thing is art. Socrates:
Ah, now I see. Anything old is beautiful and considered art. Anything new is obscene. Helms: Well, not everything I suppose. New art is beautiful when it looks like the
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