Derek always talks down to the list.  He is speaking
to a group of quite well-informed people here yet he
has the habit of referring to some vague group of
"people" who are all but thoughtless parrots of art
cliches, as indicated below. I wonder why?

WC
--- Derek Allan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> But I don't want substitutes!  I want the words and
> the associated concepts
> (particularly vague in the case of 'aesthetic'!)
> avoided altogether. It is
> perfectly possible to discuss art - individual works
> and the general idea -
> without them. And it would make people *think* -
> instead of just relying on
> worn out cliches.
> 
> DA

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