Apparently, the two of us think quite differently about phrases like 'aesthetic experience', 'way of seeing', and 'free-running imagination', Mr. Asthetik.
So it occurs to me that the best way to discuss those issues is to exemplify them. If that is that avoiding the issue, I stand guilty as charged. But as you might recall, I began this thread by asking : "Does anyone else have any personal examples of text changing your mind about how you think about some artwork, recording, or book?" You were the only one game enough to name some, and I respect you for it. I only wish that you could go into more detail about them -- indeed, I think that the value of all discussions on this list resides in the details of personal examples rather than argument. Though I realize that a personal experience can be very difficult to remember and then describe. For example, Mando just asked me for my reaction to this sculpture: http://www.echelman.com/ And here is a list of what went through my mind in chronological order: That's fun, there must be a party looks like a jellyfish wonder how big it is wonder what it looks like from the other side wonder if it would look good anywhere but in this photograph with the city lights behind it oh, I see those lines of the cables that suspend it, from what has it been hung? wonder why Mando found it so interesting - because it's cross-sections are so circular, just like his statues? ... which is only a partial description of my response, because I'm also feeling the colors and shapes, and didn't put all that into words -- and I'm not sure about the chronology, since many things can be felt simultaneously. ____________________________________________________________ Save big on Stock Trading Fees. Click Now! http://thirdpartyoffers.netzero.net/TGL2231/fc/BLSrjnxQzmhbAwPI5tqjZM21Y0AMHq Tzs9Otbbv5BiN07I5up6zPAmoV9za/
