The world’s greatest artist, just finishing a restaurant meal, is overcome by inspiration. No art materials at hand, he begins to “paint” on dinner napkins with his index finger, having dipped it in his water glass. Before he can step back to judge his work, his greatest masterpiece, he has a heart attack and dies. The water evaporates.
With no audience, did the world’s greatest masterpiece ever really exist?
The world’s greatest artist, just finishing a restaurant meal, is overcome by inspiration. No art materials at hand, he begins to “paint” on dinner napkins with his index finger, having dipped it in his water glass. Before he can step back to judge his work, his greatest masterpiece, he has a heart attack and dies. The water evaporates.
With no audience, did the world’s greatest masterpiece ever really exist?
If a tree falls in the forest…