>Looks as if Miller's growth spurt is over again. Prose zinged back to where it was, argument limp or nonexistent, poor social skills. Kate Sullivan
You're right, Kate. All this silly Templar stuff is just avoiding the real issue, which is whether it's really so obvious "that our perception -- the process of making sense of sensory impressions -- is a process of creating metaphors (as-if imaginings) as stand-ins for the real world." I suppose I try to do that when I'm looking at one of those fiendishly difficult diagrams that are supposed to help one assemble a widget. But otherwise, my mind is running wild and free when it's looking at things -- especially things in an art gallery -- where I'm not especially concerned with anything like "the real world" and if I'm "creating metaphors", they are mostly as plentiful, undefined, and effervescent as carbonated bubbles that vanish as soon as they're noticed. So I just don't think that "creating metaphors" is an appropriate phrase for certain kinds of perception.(especially aesthetic) What about you? (you know - you are permitted to discuss issues other than my miserable social skills. BTW - have you ever considered a career as a grade school teacher? I think you'd make a very good one!) ____________________________________________________________ Want to work all of your life? Click here for investment information and start saving today. http://thirdpartyoffers.netzero.net/TGL2231/fc/BLSrjnxQyrtio1qGVT7xyZEO4YBcf4 2KhZJyl81ijkk5Wg1oFNEZnnXq8Kk/
