Why not post your component thoughts as works in progress? Long, thoughtful comments are subject to tangential overload and often wander away from the point (not that this is necessarily bad).
On Sat, Oct 13, 2012 at 11:17 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > In a message dated 10/13/12 10:50:02 AM, [email protected] writes: > > > > I think it's a shame if lists like aesthetics disappear under the waves > > of > > quicker, sound-bite communication. Something very valuable is being lost. > > Or, maybe our listers have just grown tired of thoughtful, crafted > > communication. > > > Not all of us are against longer, somewhat-thought-out postings. We're just > slow. Derek Allen, who's back on the list after a couple of years on > forum-sabbatical, has asked some basic questions about notions behind the > word > 'art', and I've been working on that when I've had time. > > In large part it's a reprise of the the exchange he and I had about the > "ontic status" of "art" just before Derek became occupied by the > publication > of > his book on Malraux. So I've had to review that old exchange, and work on > saying some things more clearly etc. I hope soon to inflict on the list a > long, "thoughtful" response to Derek's query. At which point I suspect > I'll be > asked by listers to join Twitter. > > -- -Lew Schwartz
