I was talking about different essence. To answer your question- the truth of human essence is one that can function as human physically and mentally. "One head, sometimes not..." is out. It is not fuzzy at all. Boris Shoshensky
---------- Original Message ---------- From: armando baeza <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Cc: armando baeza <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Heidegger: truth and art Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2009 18:39:36 -0700 The fuzzy truth, two legs,sometimes not.Two arms, sometimes not. One head, sometimes not.Sometimes Gay, sometimes not. Sometimes tall, sometimes not. Sometimes black, sometimes not,,,,on and on. Which truth fit the human essence ? mando On Apr 13, 2009, at 5:44 PM, [email protected] wrote: > Actually my statement was quite sloppy. What I wanted to say is that > the essence has little to do with human opinion , because just > existence of > humans is part of the essence or the truth. > Boris Shoshensky > > ---------- Original Message ---------- > From: Saul Ostrow <[email protected]> > To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > Cc: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Heidegger: truth and art > Date: Sun, 12 Apr 2009 19:14:00 -0400 > > But its only important to them > > > On 4/12/09 6:46 PM, "[email protected]" > <[email protected]> > wrote: > > True Essence is never personal, because it has nothing to do with > humans. > Boris Shoshensky > > > ____________________________________________ > > Saul Ostrow | Visual Arts & Technologies Environment Chair, Sculpture > > Voice: 216-421-7927 | [email protected] | www.cia.edu<http:// > www.cia.edu/> > > The Cleveland Institute of Art | 11141 East Boulevard, Cleveland, > OH 44106 > > > > ---------- Original Message ---------- > > From: armando baeza <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Cc: armando baeza <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Heidegger: truth and art > Date: Sun, 12 Apr 2009 06:51:13 -0700 > > Chris, there is no true essence in an identifiable thing. the > essence is > always personal at most. > if A is essence , B in art can never be A...never and no way! > mando > > On Apr 12, 2009, at 5:12 AM, Chris Miller wrote: > >>>> "If someone is making a work that unconceals the true essence of >> something,that person is making art" >> >>> It's the same as looking or thinking of a chair and drawing a >>> large rock. I >> agree. That"s what I've always done, because it's our only >> choice. mando >> >> >> But if your drawing does not unconceal the "true essence" of some >> identifiable >> thing, then you haven't made a work of art, Mando -- at least, >> according to >> Heidegger. >> >> And since art is logical, there is only one true essence for >> everything (even >> for Mando) : if A does not equal B, then the essence of A does not >> equal the >> essence of B. This is especially problematic for a painter like >> William who >> intends to make that which appears meaningless. I doubt that >> Heidegger would >> hold that intention against him, but he would only consider William >> an artist >> if he failed to achieve it. >> >> Heidegger is something of an imperialist. >> >> In any period of time, there is one, and only one set of true >> essences -- >> there are no exceptions for cultural diversity. (just as there >> weren't in the >> great totalitarian states of the 20th C.) >> >> The contemporary artworld is the same way. It will only recognize >> artists >> from China or India if those artists have abandoned their own >> traditions and >> are presenting the tropes of contemporary art. (the public art >> now in >> Millennium Park, Chicago, is a fine example - from Anish Kapoor's >> bean to the >> hot new Chinese sculptors now on temporary display.) >> >> >> >> >> > > > ____________________________________________________________ > Remove unwanted hair with these great hair removal solutions! Click > now! > http://thirdpartyoffers.netzero.net/TGL2241/fc/ > BLSrjpYSygybOXGYmSDZKjBRvkigT5 > oIsxD6qK5gnqcC3YDz2GZmYIN5DH6/
