It is interesting fact that I wrote my answer to Chris before I read William's post. Ability to create good stuff justifies everything. Boris Shoshensky
-- William Conger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I won't answer for Boris but when Miller says I can't justify beauty , I respnd by saying my work does that. Beauty can't be explained but it can be expressed. WC --- Chris Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Boris asks: > > "What 'modernism' you are talking about? This word > is misused now-days > as much as 'abstraction'." > > > Boris, are there are any current > writers/institutions that you would call > modernist that address questions of why one should > choose the > "invigorating, encouraging, vital, comforting, > wholesome and enjoyable" -- or > the more basic questions of choosing good over evil > or life over death ? > > Isn't this exclusively the domain of traditional > religions? > > > So even if some modernists, like William, have an > interest in something they > call *beauty* -- they can't justify it (as > modernists) -- and if it does get > cultivated within modernist institutions-- that > cultivation is sporadic, > accidental, and generally ineffective. > > > > ____________________________________________________________ > Click to find moving companies, movers, van lines, > and auto transport > services. Low prices. > http://thirdpartyoffers.netzero.net/TGL2231/fc/Ioyw6ijm4qQ2emwM89RDkazaH8BY2z > R6GvrmL5Ehk5MElCklby2WoM/ _____________________________________________________________ Compete with the big boys. Click here to find products to benefit your business. http://thirdpartyoffers.netzero.net/TGL2221/fc/Ioyw6i4t3HXycMNup0rSD2w4tRllND 7sORnjZSBPlMiJTJSDHsCC9G/?count=1234567890
