I thought this list was about analysis. wc
----- Original Message ---- From: joseph berg <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Wed, April 14, 2010 9:29:18 PM Subject: Re: "Lane seems to represent those who analyze books and tear them apart so much that anything beautiful in them is destroyed." - Analysis kills spontaneity. The grain once ground into flour springs and germinates no more. Henri Frederic Amiel On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 3:54 AM, William Conger <[email protected]>wrote: > First, there aren't a lot of active listers on aesthetics-l. Second, most > people are like Lane, especially when they don't really know each other > except in the abstraction of email. Various studies show that people tend > to be more empathic and sympathetic to those who they actually have met or > know personally (ask any salesperson). Third, your looking around for simple > ways to characterize the listers reveals that you are a chief exemplar of > the "Lane" syndrome because you want to advertise your superior, judgmental > position vis-a-vis the listers and masking that as a question is a precise > imitation of Lane posing for others. > > Also, re your posting on public sculpture, I mean the quoting of the > article, it's deeply annoying to have tabloid bluster fronted here as > serious criticism. The audience for that silly article is not the this list > but folks who are Luddites and need their daily doses of pandering > affirmation. There are good reasons to examine and critique public > sculpture and these would include the sources of funding, the selection > process, the mixing of aesthetics with corporate message, and other concerns > that go beyond the nature of the artwork itself in particular cases. On > other words, this is a very worthy subject that entices serious inquiry. > But to approach it on the ridiculous level that you propose is a waste of > time and an insult to both art and its publics. > > WC > > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: joseph berg <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Mon, April 12, 2010 7:15:32 PM > Subject: "Lane seems to represent those who analyze books and tear them > apart so much that anything beautiful in them is destroyed." > > Aren't a lot of people at aesthetic-l like Lane?: > > (After clicking on link below, scroll down page and click on "Answer for > Study Question 2") > > http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/franny/study.html#explanation2
