Yes, Mando. How "marvelous" that the axes and hammers seem to have been thown down (at least temporarily)! Bela C.
----- Original Message ----- From: "armando baeza" To: [email protected] Cc: "armando baeza" Subject: Re: "Art critics mostly heaped abuse on his work, saying he gave reali sm a bad name." Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2009 10:42:43 -0800 I'm enjoying the respectful exchanges between Miller and William,very much. amndo On Jan 18, 2009, at 10:18 AM, William Conger wrote: > I agree that there are different degrees and types of > sentimentality. Sentimentality that is immersed in myth is the > bad sort. Sentimentality rooted in values and human > perseverance in reality is the good sort. The shades from myth > to values and reality are finely graduated. For instance I am > deeply sentimental about the heroism of people like Miller's > father who, he said, earned the Distinguished Flying Cross for > his WWII flights. I knew a flyer of that era who survived his > 24 missions intact over Germany and I remember his moving > narratives. I am a sentimental baby when it comes to the basic > American values in the Constitution and Bill of Rights, etc., > and the perseverance of early settlers and townspeople. I > deplore mythologizing of anything for the sake of creating false > history or worth, and that, unfortunately, is a special > American habit exercised with unembarrassed excess. So it's true > that we must be on guard all the time against slipping > from truth into myth, whether in art, history, or in daily life. > WC > > > --- On Sun, 1/18/09, Chris Miller wrote: > >> ... and what is "sentimentality" -- other than a >> strong feeling that you do >> not happen to share ? -- Be Yourself @ mail.com! Choose From 200+ Email Addresses Get a Free Account at www.mail.com
