In a message dated 5/4/10 8:12:25 AM, [email protected] writes:
> That sounds like a rule for content and social propriety. What's cute? > I've > seen hundreds and hundreds of kitschy, cute crucifixes (my opinion), some > of > them offered for sale by nuns when I attended Catholic Grammar School. > Bad > taste in itself has nothing to do with the material facts of reality, > which > are of course meaningless. > wc > > I said "cute" was limited in its resources. I also said that that the thing has within it its own aesthetic which is pretty much what you said. You shouldn't begin with the aesthetic of your choice, you should begin with the thing. I have not got your experience with Catholic grammar schools but I don't think I have stated a rule for content"s representation determined by social propriety. Kate Sullivan
