I think that degree of immorality in artist reflects shortcomings of the talent. Boris Shoshensky
-- armando baeza <[email protected]> wrote: I can separate my aesthetic feelings of the art of immoral humans, so long as the art is moral to me. For all I know, some of the artists whose work i enjoy are murderers. After all, killing is moral under certain conditions. mando On Jan 5, 2009, at 9:46 AM, [email protected] wrote: > Moral intent can't be ignored. I think we recognize the gift and look > if it is applied for the good of human society as a whole. As you > say, to make > a final judgment could be tough in some cases. > Boris Shoshensky > >> -- William Conger <[email protected]> wrote: > Which brings us back to Miller's topic re Nazi art. Do we only > judge the > artists' gifts and talents in assessing their art or do we also > include > morality in the mix? A tough question, made tougher by any look at > historical > context for so much art, but can the moral intent issue be ignored? > WC > > > --- On Sun, 1/4/09, [email protected] > <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> From: [email protected] <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: Malcolm Gladwell >> To: [email protected] >> Cc: [email protected] >> Date: Sunday, January 4, 2009, 8:35 AM >> They have. The morality part comes the way we apply those >> gifts. >> Boris Shoshensky >> >> -- William Conger <[email protected]> wrote: >> Some terrorists psychopathic murderers have these gifts. >> So, is there a moral >> gift, too? >> WC >> >> >> --- On Fri, 1/2/09, [email protected] >> <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> From: [email protected] >> <[email protected]> >>> Subject: Re: Malcolm Gladwell >>> To: [email protected] >>> Cc: [email protected] >>> Date: Friday, January 2, 2009, 1:10 PM >>> I see it similar way. >>> Boris Shoshensky >>> >>> -- [email protected] wrote: >>> "I'll submit two candidates. They are both >> gifts >>> that, it seems to me, one is >>> either born with or not, and there's no >>> "acquiring" them. (Though one may not >>> be aware of having them until the need/opportunity to >>> exploit them arises.) >>> >>> The first is mental stamina -- the ability to hang in >> there >>> alertly on a >>> "project" far long longer than most. >>> >>> The second has already been touched on, perhaps: The >>> capacity to be >>> "interested". I'd call it >>> "curiosity", but it's more than that. >> And it >>> does >>> not >>> automatically come with smarts, talent, or stamina. >>> It's its own gift". >>> >>> >> > > ____________________________________________________________ Increase your income. Click here be trained as a medical transcriptionist. http://thirdpartyoffers.netzero.net/TGL2241/fc/PnY6rx9XLzWmui8xKkmtjbNQQ2hKsW 2w0lonyyrr1OmeNNW5lDsKw/
