No, I find it IS awe-inspiring all of the time. I may not necessarily be full of awe or actually be inspired at any particular one time... however, this doesn't change the fact that certain things or people themselves are awe-inspiring all of the time to me. In other words, if I'm in a bad mood, this is in itself not necessarily any fault, consequence or relationship of or to the fact that Alan Kay is still an amazing person. Even in my bad mood, I recognise he is awe-inspiring.
Guess this depends what you mean by awe-inspiring (as I originally said). If you re-read the original context, he was talking about inherent breathtaking beauty being required or not. I think to make something inherently beautiful or to construct it with detailed thought is actually very worthwhile. Without something being awe-inspiring, there's no possibility for awe to be inspired when the conditions are right. When something is awe inspiring, it doesn't necessarily always follow that awe will be inspired, though ;-) :P Julian On 18/01/2012, at 11:34 AM, David Barbour wrote: > You don't find it awe-inspiring "all the time". (If you do, you're certainly > dysfunctional.) But I readily believe you still find it inspiring "some of > the time" - and that is enough to be an enriching experience. >
_______________________________________________ fonc mailing list fonc@vpri.org http://vpri.org/mailman/listinfo/fonc
