William wrote: > And how does a work "express" except by what is experienced? How can we say that what is expressed is at all different from what is experienced?
I've had the reaction many time. I see a painting or a typeface design, a piece of music or an article of clothing and think that it is well and stylishly made, but it doesn't move me, it doesn't spark a great deal of affective interest in it. You can know what is good and what you like, and they don't have to be the same, or conversely, you can dislike something you know is good. I've had the experience of losing interest in a painting, just running out of steam, although in many ways it's good and well made. Sometimes (not often) this happens after I finish one. Initially, I liked it but within a short span of time it lost its ability to elicit anything more than courtesy from me. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Michael Brady
