Brady is the jokester here. He's the one who made the hairy palm quip. I'm way too serious -- philosophical, intellectual, spiritual -- for that sort of thing.
WC --- On Wed, 1/14/09, Chris Miller <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Chris Miller <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: competent people with discerning taste and knowledge > To: [email protected] > Cc: [email protected] > Date: Wednesday, January 14, 2009, 9:52 AM > How strange. > > Didn't William recently post something about Miller > growing hair on his palms > and wanting to become a cultural gate-keeper ? And now -- > that entire post > seems to have disappeared. > > Is there a glitch in cyberspace ? > > In response -- it's true that Miller loves being a > gatekeeper -- but only in a > community where everyone gets to have their own gate: i.e. > the internet ( > though even there -- I have some uncomfortable moments. > How can I refuse a > friend who wants to be on my site ? How can I refuse > anyone who really wants > to be there -- or who has something valuable to exchange in > return ?) > > And also -- I like to join all the other members of my art > club in voting for > the winners at my art club's annual "Gold Medal > Show". It's a funny thing > about that show -- in that as eccentric as my tastes may be > -- usually my > preferences are the same as everyone else's -- and the > people who win > sometimes have the most thoroughly unlikable personalities. > > Of course our shows include a very narrow range of > artistic production -- but > is it really possible to sensibly judge within a much > broader range -- if you > agree with William that "subjectivity is the valued > sensibility in responding > to art, or even judging it" ? > > Once you step outside of subjectivity -- I would have to > agree with Kate that > there is "no sensibility involved at all,only > resignation to the inevitable." > William has then suggested that "the best situation is > when the work creates > the taste and not the other way around." --- but > really --- isn't this a > process that takes repeated experiences > over weeks-months-years ---- not just the 20 minutes > spent viewing a show or > listening to new music? > > What I'm suggesting -- is that regardless of some > idealistic ideologies -- > sensibility can only operate within a narrow range -- and > cultural > institutions should be structured to accommodate that. > > > ____________________________________________________________ > Find success and happiness with drug and alcohol > rehabilitation. Click now. > http://thirdpartyoffers.netzero.net/TGL2231/fc/PnY6rc1t97kUpEMIWuyFS6O1o3h6gO > xo3BxhVz0kynQv5c33A2LIY/
