Every sound will evoke reference, just as every shape does, and every color. In fact, the more 'abstract' the more references there are. There is no such thing as non-representational. The quest for meaninglessness is simply the quest for the maximum evocations. Some people can't perceive or project many references, some can. The fewer references one senses the dumber that person is...or, more likely, the more conditioned that person is. Nevertheless, we all need to use conditioned references most of the time (as when that tree is in my path so I must move around it). But once we realize that we can operate (think) in multiple metaphorical tracks at once, some rational and sequential or logical, some imaginative, non-sequential, poetic, then we can realize how wonderful experience and consciousness can be. So, the more you approach meaninglessness, the closer you get to imaginative and creative freedom and...paradoxically...meanings. It's so simple that it is too opaque for Kivy and many others. WC
----- Original Message ---- From: Chris Miller <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, October 19, 2009 8:31:18 AM Subject: Re: Reading Kivy: Chapter 4 "On the Unity of Form and Content" - A. C. Bradley >sounds are represented by words the same as colors and forms, no ? (mando) We can certainly try. But not only will that representation be quite different from any example of actual sound, color, or form -- but it will also may be quite different for each of us. Kivy goes to some length to argue that non-verbal sounds represent nothing - and he will even suggest that this is why they can "liberate" us from our heavy burdens of thinking about the world. (he does not make the same claim about abstract painting - though I'm not sure why) ____________________________________________________________ Weight Loss Program Best Weight Loss Program - Click Here! http://thirdpartyoffers.netzero.net/TGL2231/c?cp=ehmfozB3mGLm9Ono19L2vQAAJz6c l_zTaptgNR5c8Mer1v9kAAYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAADNAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAEUgAAAAA=
