I wonder if Miller has any ideas to explain absurdity? What do we mean when we say such and such is absurd? What must be in mind to serve as the foil to absurdity? What Miller thinks is absurd, I'd say is the font of creativity. He might be using the word in a psychological way, as in an effort to allude to his superior intellectual rationality or non-absurdity. After all, when we want to degrade an idea or statement we can simply say, "That's absurd" and hope like hell we won't be challenged. WC
--- On Thu, 10/2/08, Chris Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Chris Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Marks on Canvas > To: [email protected] > Date: Thursday, October 2, 2008, 10:14 AM > William's interpretation is probably more accurate -- > since he actually talked > to the old guy half a century ago -- but your > interpretation is reasonable -- > given the common sense absurdity of calling the edges of a > painting "the > artist's first marks on the canvas" -- since > it's a stretch to call such edges
