The physicists say that time is the measure of motion. If that is so, then no time means no motion and thus no implosion. The flaw in Joseph Berg's selective quotation is the pairing of time with the absence of change. That is an internal paradox because if time, then change; if not time, then no change. But time without change or change without time is an invalid concept. And that sort of illogic is what I object to in so many of the journalists' superficial articles Berg likes to quote for our reflection. The virtuosity of the journalist -- adept at the term-paper sort of essay and usually without conviction or depth of knowledge -- relies on wit and slick word-craft and avoids the troublesome point where seemingly related concepts nudge each other and expose their separate distinctions. When that occurs we have two distinct concepts masquerading one. The image that I have is an axel with one round wheel and one square wheel. wc
----- Original Message ---- From: Saul Ostrow <[email protected]> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Sent: Sun, November 7, 2010 6:48:57 AM Subject: Re: "Great Art Is About Doing Nothing" (recent article) Ahhh - truth takes place in an entropic vacuum - but doesn't this cause it to implode On 11/6/10 5:23 PM, "William Conger" <[email protected]> wrote: How can there be a time when nothing happens? wc ----- Original Message ---- From: joseph berg <[email protected]> To: aesthetics-l <[email protected]> Sent: Sat, November 6, 2010 1:18:28 PM Subject: "Great Art Is About Doing Nothing" (recent article) According to the following: - It is the moments in between, when nothing happens and we are fully alive to witness it, that truth happens. http://www.theatlanticwire.com/features/view/feature/Great-Art-Is-About-Doing -Nothing-2468 --
