At 11:19 AM 10/30/2007, you wrote: >Marsha asked: >In your mind is 'being' a noun or a verb? > >dmb says: >The silliy joke was just my way of saying "welcome back to North >America" to Rebbeca, but your question strikes me as fun. > >Recently, I've encountered some of Dewey's ideas about aesthetic >experience. He points out that words like "building" and "art" are >revealing because of the way they can be both verbs and nouns, can >refer to the process and the product. And these two forms are >connected or rather continuous with each other. Cooking is a good >example. The cook is guided through the process with the final dish >in mind, on some level she is thinking about the pleasure of those >who will eat the meal at each point in the process. And it works in >the other direction too. During the actual enjoyment (hopefully) the >dinner guests will be able to detect the process that took place. >Maybe they'll ask about the spices, herbs, techniques used and the >like while making some pretty darn good guesses about what went on, >especially if they've spent time in the kitchen themselves. Same >with a painting. There's some end in mind that guides the process >and that process can be seen in the final product by the vi > ewer. As you probably noticed, aesthetic experience is not limited > to the arts but rather refers to any transformative activity from > scrambling eggs to constructing a brick shithouse. For Dewey, the > thing that separates aesthetic from non-aesthetic experience is the > quality of that experience. And the continuity between process and > product described here is central to that quality. Its about a > certain level of engagement, one that needs the space or room for > the circuit to be complete, so that the whole deal from start to > finish can sort of unfold according to the needs of that particular > goal or aim. He also points out that America's fast-paced, > multi-tasking lifestyle doesn't lend itself to this experience. And > things are much, much worse now in that respect than they were in > Dewey's day. It seems you're set up for such experience, but you're > a very unusual cat that way. > >So anyway, to answer the question, "is 'being' a noun or a verb?" >I'd say yes, definately. And so is Rebecca.
Hi David, Purrrrrrrrr. I made the right decision. It was the gumption I received from two wonderful books I read. All I had to give up was more-more-more. Purrrrrrrrr. And to think, all I knew about Dewey was the Dewey Decimal System. I think I'd like to read his biography. Marsha Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
