In a message dated 2/28/10 8:56:07 PM, [email protected] writes:
> > Pleasures coming from nonart sex or eating ice cream have nothing to do > > with > > aesthetic, because it has no beauty elements present in sensed nature of > > nonart or any productive design of Man - art. > > > > I agree with Boris. > KAte Sullivan > I claim that bringing in "art" and "beauty" clouds the issues here. I'll stick to the already cloudy enough "aesthetic experience". I brought up back-rubs and orgasms for a very special reason: They both serve nicely to demonstrate a "mystery": why do these tactile stimulations occasion pleasure? I'm not asking the likes of an etiological or teleological question. I'm asking why being touched in certain ways occasions not just an awareness of being touched but also pleasure? Why, when I listen to Mozart, am I aware of specific sounds AND of pleasure? I often experience touch and sound -- with no additional consciousness like pleasure, pain, etc. I'm convinced that the answer to a question somewhat like this is ultimately key to "understanding" a.e.'s.
