With rare prescience, I knew what Cheerskep would reply a few minutes after I asked him the question - "what do you think these authors have in common ? Anything that you would call "aesthetic"?"
I just knew that he would say "No, these authors do not have anything in common that I would call "aesthetic" -- but then, I very seldom use that word,except as a modifier for 'experience'." Cheerskep has always been dead set against attributing special, highly positive qualities to books, paintings, music and such -- only to the cherished moments of experience he has had with them. And yet -- the final words of his previous post had given me some hope that he was about to modify that position: "I think the answers can shed some light on how what we call "aesthetics" is incorporated in the actual making or developing of a work." And ... now he has told us that he "admires" all but one them (even though the admirable ones may or may not have provided him with an aesthetic experience) So --- what has he found so admirable ? Surely there are some special qualities that each of them have - and perhaps if he would begin to list them -- we might find what those qualities have in common. _____________________________________________________________ Click to become an artist and quit your boring job. http://thirdpartyoffers.netzero.net/TGL2211/fc/Ioyw6ijmKf6gRgh23vySH6SfQvtE8o a4s4oUVJkz3QM8l6UIPuXNMA/?count=1234567890
