Re: "Instrument" vs "Effect"

[a k butler <akbutler@tiscali.co.uk>]

>I like to draw analogies with art, so let me give one a try. Let's 
>say we call a paintbrush and paint the collective instruments of the 
>painter, meaning that they are the physical objects that touch the 
>canvas and produce what we see as visual stimuli. It seems a bit 
>awkward to say this, but bear with me. Then let's say that when the 
>painter finishes his piece, he puts it on display and places a rose 
>colored sheet of Plexiglas in front of the painting, so that the 
>original visual sense data are then altered to appear different colors.

So the plexiglas is  part of the artist's expression.
I can't see that it wouldn't just become an integral part of "the art".
Just that it now gets called "mixed media".

andybutler