Yes, Kate, I did gather that "Bell went into a concert determined to ignore the subject of the instrumental concert when he seems to have gone in bright and alert and later gotten tired and let his mind wander."
-- and then, in that moment of what he considered weakness, he began to "weave the ideas of life" into the harmonies that he could not grasp. And I think Kivy quoted this passage to exemplify Bell's "reductio ad absurdum". (BTW - the absurd is often considered humorous, so I speculate that Kivy found Bell's frustrations to be as humorous as I do) >I would like to ask if his idea of listening or viewing or reading something he considers art includes this process of first forcing or generating some sort of reaction and then describing it to himself or others. Kate Sullivan First off, the idea of art/non art is only important to me in a discussion with others. The concept is not on my mind when, for whatever reason, I begin reading, listening, or viewing something. But when I do join the audience - I begin by assuming that the presenter is a very intelligent, insightful, sensitive, wise person who deserves the attention that I am giving him --- even if this is an assumption that may soon be abandoned --at which point, I'd be inclined to attend to something else. But if I stay, I try to let the performer take me wherever he's been. It's only later that I might think about that trip, and try to describe it to myself and others. I'm going to do that next weekend with a painting by Caravaggio that's coming to town -- and I can't wait! ____________________________________________________________ Click for free information and quotes for interest only loans. http://thirdpartyoffers.netzero.net/TGL2231/fc/BLSrjnxQ29A5JERp9sxiMj03gngjZx g3ZhkYKoEmsS8iN14unT8ulbtcMEI/
