I am prepared to say good art exists, that something we tend to name good art does exist independently of our being able to fully express it.
I do accept an external reality. I do accept that the external reality has form. I do accept that our consciousness/ feelings/opinions of the external reality is partially derived from our sensing of its form. I do accept that some configuations of the external reality exceed our best efforts to fully explain their forms as symbolic of our consciousness. Some of those configurations can be termed good art. WC --- On Fri, 2/27/09, Chris Miller <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Chris Miller <[email protected]> > Subject: Good Art Exists > To: [email protected] > Date: Friday, February 27, 2009, 12:09 PM > I think I'm the only person on this list who believes > that good art exists -- > not merely as the personal opinion of an individual or the > collective opinion > of an institution - and with no scare quotes required. > > Everyone else denies it, but eventually, everyone will > sneak such a notion > into one of their sentences. > > So, now I am beginning this ongoing thread to catalog the > ongoing examples > that appear on this listserv. > > Beginning with: > > "Samuel Johnson wrote most of his good stuff solely to > get money" Cheerskep > (2009/02/24) > > Perhaps, Cheerskep would happily replace "good > stuff" with the phrase "stuff I > think is good" or "stuff that gets anthologized > the most". > > But .. that's not what he wrote -- and if anyone here > is able to choose the > best phrase for what he has in mind -- it would have to be > Cheerskep. > > > *************** > > Other examples will follow as they appear in our > discussion. > > ( I am sure that very soon William will be telling us > something about "the > best painting" ) > > > ____________________________________________________________ > Click now for professionally poured concrete solutions! > http://thirdpartyoffers.netzero.net/TGL2231/fc/BLSrjnxXt4MBI6bDRCIRE7PI91VNpm > K6h3sPksCBpBXY5VTsDjKEr940C9y/
