> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2008 20:23:02 +0000 > To: [email protected] > Subject: taste >
> > And ... I think it's one of the things that an art teacher does -- teaching > the student to see the way he does -- without even opening his mouth to > explain anything. - An art which cannot be specified in detail cannot be transmitted by prescription, since no prescription for it exists. It can be passed on only by example from master to apprentice... You follow your master because you trust his manner of doing things even when you cannot analyse and account in detail for its effectiveness. By watching the master and emulating his efforts in the presence of his example, the apprentice unconsciously picks up the rules of the art, including those which are not explicitly known to the master himself. These hidden rules can be assimilated only by a person who surrenders himself to that extent uncritically to the imitation of another. A society which wants to preserve a fund of personal knowledge must submit to tradition. Polanyi _________________________________________________________________ Pack up or back upuse SkyDrive to transfer files or keep extra copies. Learn how. http://www.windowslive.com/skydrive/overview.html?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_Refresh_s kydrive_packup_042008
