If an A.E. comes in minor emotional feeling or major emotional
feeling ,then yes, he has moved
me a bit, most art does. Remember , A.E. also encompasses +'s
and-'s , to some of us.
mando
On Jun 3, 2008, at 8:08 AM, Michael Brady wrote:
On Jun 2, 2008, at 11:42 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Truth: I've never, in contemplating a Pollock creation, come close
to an a.e.. Has anyone else on this forum?
Does it matter? "Is" a Pollock painting a work of art or not (rein
in your inner ontologist, CSKP, s'il vous plait)?
Does it matter whether a WoA provokes an A.E.? What if it doesn't?
Or at least, what if the A.E. is a minor temblor that doesn't break
through into your awareness? Or it's a 3.0 shake, just a small
frisson of piquancy, not really an all-engulfing A.E.?
Can there be a work that doesn't move you to the threshold of an
A.E., or beyond, but is one you acknowledge possesses the
characteristics of a "good" and "serious" play of quality.
Innudderwords, can you perceive a WoA of whatever ilk, not get the
rush of an aesthetic experience, and still agree that the WoA
exhibits "arthood" (or however you want to put it--I think you know
what I'm thinking of here)? You know: "Great work. Doesn't do
anything for me."
Why do artists make works that are less that spectacular, less that
rapturous, less than great? Why do singers or composers make songs
that are unstirring, yet clearly competent? Why do painters make
pictures that are not breath-taking or captivating? Why do
sculptors make structures that are inert, labored, prosaic? And why
do they make so many of them? Are they just exhausting the
continuum, riding across the full range of exempla? Or do they make
these less achieving works because they like the making of them,
the singing, the painting, the poetizing, the writing and sculpting
and dancing of nondescript efforts?
Imparting an a.e. is not crucial to a work of art. It is not the
purpose of a WoA, nor is it the sine qua non or necessary and
sufficient quality or any other essential of a WoA. We know this
because (1) other things provoke A.E.s (sunsets, beautiful
landscapes, beautiful humans, etc.); and (2) acknowledged WoA fail
to stimulate an aesthetic experience in some viewers, known to be
receptive to them.
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