Re: "Students are often taught that the teacher¹s o pinion (embodying, ideally, a lifetime of personal study and centuries of...criticism and canon formation) is no more va lid than their first impressions ­ it¹s a matter of person al taste after all, a

[joseph berg]

On Tue, Nov 2, 2010 at 4:32 AM, Saul Ostrow <sost...@cia.edu> wrote:

> I have often written about an artist's work without seeking to divine their
> intentions - only to receive an appreciative note from the  artist,
> thanking
> me for pointing out something about their work they hadn't truly been aware
> of
> - in at least one case that I know of an artist has come to include one of
> my
> insights (comments) into their own narrative concerning their work
>
Have you ever felt like a sausage maker?:

- When the shrivelled skin of the ordinary is stuffed out with meaning, it
satisfies the senses amazingly.

Virginia Woolf