>We don't know how you interpret "changing", "mind", "think"
Just use your own interpretation of these words, William, and tell your own story -- if you can. Imago Asthetik began by saying that "A number of Adornos writings have changed theway I look at art.", but, so far, hasn't taken it any further. Michael told us how reading art history removed some of his misgivings about El Greco -- but since he had those misgivings without ever having seen any El Greco, except in reproduction, perhaps his mind was changed by the actual paintings, rather than by the art history. Many people seem to believe that art history, criticism, and theory is very important to the understanding of art, but so far, over the last decade this list has been running, these are the only examples that have been offered. Regarding myself, I do have opinions about things. Are they based on my experience of them, or have they been "obtained from forgotten sources and presumed therefore to have been born full-blown in your head"? I admit that my memory cannot recall everything I've ever read -- but I am quite sure that I have never read any text that has specifically addressed any of the artworks that I experienced, until after I have experienced them.(well -- maybe one or two) Of course, I have read texts that discuss general categories of things, like Italian painting or Chinese calligraphy or Rodin's sculpture, but the individual examples of such things appear so vastly different to me, that such texts hardly apply. >We don't know how you interpret "changing", "mind", "think" For instance, "changing" might imply anything from a reversal to enlarging or shrinking, etc. "Mind" might involve reactive feelings, recalled feelings, new feelings, or feelings with any mixture of reasoning, bias, judgment, etc. "Think" could refer to anything from associative play to structural analysis of any or all parts of an artwork, including any historical and social influences, conscious or not. Taking a of that into consideration I suspect that every moment of our lives is changing our minds in some ways. But, knowing from experience that you prefer to keep these things on a very simple plane, I suppose you are telling us what we already know: You have an opinion, obtained from forgotten sources and presumed therefore to have been born full-blown in your head, and then you look for outer echos of it, praising those that harmonize and rejecting those that are discordant ____________________________________________________________ Click here for to find products that will help grow your small business. http://thirdpartyoffers.netzero.net/TGL2231/fc/BLSrjnxUkjAkAS0HI6NM35pDL0FZGD CoCzvfZJNNO4SPF1JTIF41zMgpMmk/
