Aesthetic experience is where dogma is not a factor.
where Mona Lisa got her smile and popeye got his look.
where 2+2= anything.
mando
On Mar 1, 2009, at 7:50 AM, [email protected] wrote:
In a message dated 3/1/09 12:48:47 AM, [email protected] writes:
We have boxes of things that have not been open since my brother
in law died. We go through this aesthetic emotional experience with
every box we open. The memory of him is sensed anew every time,
toys ,letters,poems, stories he wrote, clocks,photos of his travels.
they all have a different meaning now.
Understood. But remember the question. Do you, in line with your
attempt to
define"aesthetic experience", find this sensing your brother anew
to be an
aesthetic experience? My nudging on this comes from feeling that
your description
of an a.e. was too broad for me. It would have one calling every
reappearance
of George W. Bush an aesthetic experience. Did you see the recent
pic of him
going into a Wal Mart and saying, "I'm looking for a job"? Didn't
feel in any
way "aesthetic" to me.
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