Some years ago I gave a lecture on my work at the University of Iowa and when I finished a student blurted "You're a romantic!" and the audience twittered. I replied in the affirmative...dryly.
I can't give you mileposts for my "experience". I can't even relate my experience the same way twice because, like everyone else, I reinvent my experiences with each recollection. And any experience is too complex to be set up as a mechanistic process. Nevertheless, my comment was clear enough in suggesting that. a., my human brain has genetically and evolved preferences for apprehending information and b., I happen to know a lot about art, its history and practices, to say nothing of a decades long acquaintance with the artist whose work I saw and wrote about in my post. These two conditions help to make my "aesthetic" experience unique and helpful to my basic preferences for newness. WC --- On Wed, 8/6/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: an aesthetic experience and science > To: [email protected] > Date: Wednesday, August 6, 2008, 6:11 PM > In a message dated 8/5/08 9:46:09 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > writes: > > > > If there is an esthetic experience here, it is > something explained by the > > patterns of neural activity in my brain together with > my keenness to the > > practices of painting, a memory of similar art...and > most of all, my > constant > > desire for more freedom of thought and experience -- > of wanting to see the > other > > side of the hill with every step. > > > It's a romantic line, William, but what you have in > mind with "explain" comes > across as so indeterminate, so disparately multiplex, it > may suit a fellow > poet, but not an earnest thinker who wants to follow your > thought. > > > > ************** > Looking for a car that's sporty, fun and fits in your > budget? > Read reviews on AOL Autos. > > (http://autos.aol.com/cars-BMW-128-2008/expert-review?ncid=aolaut000500000000 > 17 )
