On May 24, 2008, at 11:07 AM, Mike Mallory wrote:
----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Miller"
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Subject: Re: "The meaning of things lies not in the things
themselves but in ou r attitude towards them."
One important step -- being to ignore that which is "paralyzingly
banal,
empty, distressing, depressing, and deathly" -- and identify that
which is
invigorating, encouraging, vital, comforting, wholesome and
enjoyable.
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There is often an identification of both the attractive and the
repulsive on this list. I believe that such an indetification is a
worthwhile goal for the individual seeking to understand the nature
of her taste. However, I thought the question before this list was
whether such a claim to the " invigorating, encouraging, vital,
comforting, wholesome and enjoyable" was justifiable.
Mike Mallory
As I have experienced it, I can regard all that is created 'only if
it's' through the experience each being, and not a reflection of
the popular, as art, regardless where it sits on the " aesthetics
entire meanings"
mando
