In a message dated 8/31/09 9:30:22 AM, [email protected] writes:
> Why do we still want to make our experience of art one dimensional b and > why does this either/or B logic persist b empirically and pragmatically we > do many things with that which we call art and that which we call art makes > many different demands on us individually as well as collectively b each > has their own experience and intentions b the real question as always is to > identify b the qualities of the thing from those of the perceiver b what is > there versus how one might understand it b and what does that thing tell > us about our selves, our perception and cognition of the world and our > modeling of knowledge, our capacity to understand, etc > > What is a one dimensional experience? If there is an either/or logic,what is the alternative? If there is a real question what is the not real question ? Is the thing telling us about et cetera or is our account of the thing a description of et cetera(Miller's account of looking at art seems to tell us a great deal about him but he doesn't listen to himself.) KAte Sullivan
