The order you favor requires stasis. Stasis requires absence of change. The only places where stasis is imposed are in dire poverty, constant strife and immoral division of wealth. Earthly hell. Such places have no art.
When are you going to stop posting dumb comments? wc ----- Original Message ---- From: joseph berg <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Wed, June 2, 2010 9:54:33 PM Subject: Re: Can art exist without authority? If you think of the letter 'a', as authority declines, doesn't society turn into an auction?: - You can't argue with arithmetic...Richest bidder wins. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/27/opinion/27collins.html On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 2:57 PM, William Conger <[email protected]>wrote: > Civilization weathers the ages because once in a while intelligent people > realize that there's nothing so banal as aphorisms and the masses who quote > them* > *William Conger (you may quote me) > > > > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: joseph berg <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Tue, June 1, 2010 7:08:33 PM > Subject: Can art exist without authority? > > - *Good art weathers* the ages because once in so often a man of > intelligence commands the mass to adore it. > > *Ezra* Pound
