"...(i.e. lasted the longest) are things like cockroaches, rodents, slime mold etc".
Yes they are important, in some ways, for the function of the biosphere. They support our existence in order for us to be able to create. Our ability to create is needed. Otherwise it would not exist. Cockroaches don't do art. Boris Shoshensky To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Art as adaptation Date: Sun, 22 Mar 2009 15:08:28 GMT Boris, did you notice what the reviewer of the book had to say ? "I am tempted to respond to the idea that art is adaptive in the Darwinian sense with the motto that the British travel writer Alexander Kinglake wanted inscribed on the lintels of churches in England: Interesting if true." My problem with "art as adaption" is that the creatures which seem to have achieved the greatest evolutionary success (i.e. lasted the longest) are things like cockroaches, rodents, slime mold etc. ____________________________________________________________ Click to become an artist and quit your boring job. http://thirdpartyoffers.netzero.net/TGL2231/fc/BLSrjnxT8V06WX6I4Jqzai9vYMdD6z SSIpZHo5ad8j7YVKxHg2uoZcKpci8/
