Yes, "Anything is infinitely complex or simple, as one chooses.", but Dutton is concerned with that complexity which has been presented rather than just any complexity that can be found.
Here's the quote, again: "presenting audiences with the highest degree of meaning-complexity that the mind can grasp" As the complexity of a presentation is recognized, it is attributable to the individual presenting it -- serving as that virtuosic display which Dutton claims is the evolutionary origin of the art instinct. Which means that art criticism has to be concerned with the intentions of the artist. (as discussed in Chapter 8), and the critic has to ask "did the artist intend for the work to be seen through a microscope?" -- even if that intention cannot be proven with the same certainty as one might prove the existence of a moon around Saturn. Just as with all the gestures/expressions/responses displayed in courtship. What did he/she really mean by that? Intention is everything, and a lot of guessing or mind reading is required. ............................................................................. .......................... <anything is infinitely complex or simple, as one chooses. I can't think of anything that disproves this. If something is examined for its constituent parts and they seem simple, then one has not looked enough. This was the breakthrough of scientific enlightenment. The invention of the microscope, for instance, revealed "new worlds" hitherto unknown and unimagined. This kind of discovery mode led to the notion that everything can be infinitely complex and what limits our perception are a-priori constraints. wc ____________________________________________________________ Weight Loss Program Best Weight Loss Program - Click Here! http://thirdpartyoffers.netzero.net/TGL2231/c?cp=MhzvydEO01jCZpEUtQmtuwAAJz6c l_zTaptgNR5c8Mer1v9kAAYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAADNAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAEUgAAAAA=
