I think you're right. wc
--- On Sat, 1/17/09, Michael Brady <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Michael Brady <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Work creates the taste > To: [email protected] > Date: Saturday, January 17, 2009, 8:17 AM > On Jan 16, 2009, at 5:15 PM, Michael Brady wrote: > > > Your meaninglessness is based on detaching the > signified from the signifier, "meaning" from the > word, disassembling the word and reassembling it as you wish > into a pun, an inexplicable association, or a new form > altogether. > > I skipped a step. As I understand what you say, you use > "meaningless" to indicate that there is no > predetermined signified for any potential signifier, such as > a painting. It's "meaningless" until the > viewer provides the meaning. That's the detaching I was > thinking of, so that my punning is an act of arbitrarily > switching signifieds, changing the "meaning," > whereas your paintings are signifiers waiting to have a > signification adjoined to them. > > > | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | > Michael Brady > [email protected]
