Every moment that you choose to keep on living is a gift to yourself. wc
----- Original Message ---- From: joseph berg <[email protected]> To: aesthetics-l <[email protected]> Sent: Mon, September 26, 2011 9:45:08 PM Subject: Re: Doesn't the commodification of art begin when people start viewing works of art primarily as gifts? Doesn't this recent article seem to be indicate that consumers now think of luxury commodities as gifts...........to themselves?: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/24/business/consumers-cut-back-on-staples-but-splurge-on-indulgences.html?ref=andrewmartin On 10/29/10, joseph berg <[email protected]> wrote: > - An artist is somebody who produces things that people don't need to have. > > Andy Warhol* *
