From day one,
The essence can only be expressed as an interpretation, but never
duplicated.
Abstractions can only take it only to the point of it's absence, it's
worth a try.
mando
On Oct 19, 2009, at 6:43 AM, William Conger wrote:
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)
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