Ever Had a Bologna and Potato Chip Sandwich?

I've never really liked performance art in the traditional sense. I think it's just because I don't understand it very well, and so I can't appreciate it. I mean, I've been to the occasional ballet or opera, but I've never been thrilled by the concept. This feeling (or lack there of) is even more apparent when it comes to the newer forms of perfomance art in which the purpose isn't to be pretty and tell some sort of romantic story to the tunes of a beautiful symphony. The modern performance artists make their works kind of like modern conceptual artists. It's not meant to be pretty, it's meant to convey ideas and beliefs.

I think that's why I don't really tune in to it. I'm more of a "Art should be pretty" sort of person. It's not that I don't understand those people who want to put their souls and theories on human behavior or what have you into their art, it's just that I don't care as much as they do, and so I have trouble paying attention, and thusly have trouble figuring out whatever it is that they're trying to convey with their pieces. I can see the coolness of playing tennis in the dark, but I can't see what ever message they're trying to get in by doing it. I can understand the purpose of having people come up and slowly cut away at your clothes but I can't get into the feeling of it.