"This just proves that if something is said with enough judgmental hubris, anything can be asserted or denied." You may quote me on that. William Conger
----- Original Message ---- From: joseph berg <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Wed, April 14, 2010 9:32:50 PM Subject: Re: "Lane seems to represent those who analyze books and tear them apart so much that anything beautiful in them is destroyed." - Too often new ideas are studied and analyzed until they are suffocated. William Pollard On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 4:29 PM, joseph berg <[email protected]> wrote: > - 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
