Artifice Traditional Geocache ar·ti·fice - ˈärdəfəs noun - clever or cunning devices or expedients, especially as used to trick or deceive others. outright fakery synonyms - trickery, deceit, deception, duplicity, guile, chicanery For reference purposes, the definition of art, according to Merriam Webster is: something that is created with imagination and skill and that is beautiful or that expresses important ideas or feelings. These were created with imagination and most importantly, skill, and are beautiful : Pietà, by Michaelangelo Buonarroti in the Sistine Chapel, Vatican City, Rome, Italy Mercy: David Spareth Saul's Life, by Richard Dadd, Getty Center, Los Angeles, California ______________________________ Artifice The Scripps Turd at Scripps Research Institute, San Diego Alas, the public didn't think this was art. Nor did philanthropist Edythe H. Scripps, and so "The Turd" was moved in 2001. "I’ve been trying to get rid of