This sounds more ad hominem than reasoned. Consequently it is not convincing. KAte sullivan In a message dated 6/8/09 8:48:22 AM, [email protected] writes:
> Contrast William's attack on "Miller to reserve for himself the passive > expectation that art will speak to him" with Louis Sullivan's > declaration in > Chapter III of "Kindergarten Chats": > > "Every building tells its story, tells it plainly. With what startling > clearness it speaks to the attentive ear, how palpable its visage to the > open > eye, it may take you some little time to perceive. But it is all there, > waiting for you; just as every great truth has waited through the > centuries > for the man with eyes to see" > > "But I can never learn to do this. I feel that it requires the eye of a > poet" > (responds the young graduate of architecture school) > > "Never fear. We are all poets. You do not see things now; but a little > later > on things will begin to see you and beckon to you -- so when I tell you > that > this wretchedly tormented structure, this alleged railway station, is in > the > public-be-damned style, is degenerate and corrupt, I repeat to you only > what > the building says to me" > > > Actually, William said much the same thing when he once reported how > quickly > a judgment of visual quality can be made (I would dig back through the > archives to find it -- but since William has already promised to disown > any > quotations of himself, why bother?) > > Come to think of it, contrary to his assertion, below, that "Genuinely > good > art is demanding and even arrogant .. It can be confusing and paradoxical" > .. > he told us, just two days ago that "the work should evoke more content and > more nobility than any artist can claim" > > So, go figure --- one paradox or double-speak follows another -- just like > in > the dark, dreadful "dean world" from which William would now like to be > comfortably distanced. > > > > ____________________________________________________________ > Jumpstart your accounting career! Click for free information. > http://thirdpartyoffers.netzero.net/TGL2231/fc/BLSrjnxP0wynbw3itOlIgNIyEwTb > qY > N62Y7O6S7PoPaL8uJADzT63VkOveQ/ > > > ************** A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy steps! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1222585043x1201462775/aol?redir=http ://www.freecreditreport.com/pm/default.aspx?sc=668072&hmpgID=62& bcd=JunestepsfooterNO62)
