Hi Arlo,
On Wed, May 14, 2014 at 7:21 AM, ARLO JAMES BENSINGER JR <[email protected]>wrote: > [JC] > I agree, but I associate the romantic with art. Is that wrong? > > [Arlo] > Again, depends on if you're in the problem space or the solution space. In > ZMM, the "romantic" was associated with "art" because "art" was > artificially divorced from reason. So, yes, within the problem space of > ZMM, the romantic perspective was associated with aesthetics and beauty and > painting and music. > > In the solution space, however, this is very wrong. "Art" is "high-quality > endeavor", and applies equally to the former distinctions of romantic and > classic. In this post-ZMM space, it'd be more accurate to 'associate' art > with Quality. "High-quality" and "artistic" become synonyms.In this space, > 'art' is as much a part of reason as it is painting. Indeed, the > distinction between 'classic' and 'romantic' is broken down entirely. > 'Writing a novel', 'repairing a motorcycle', 'building a rotisserie', > 'painting a watercolor', 'performing a symphony', 'constructing a > metaphysics', 'dancing around a maypole', 'doing differential calculus', > ALL of these are 'art'. > I try and keep it simple. What does my speech mean? To the average person on the street? Intellect has a definition and art have definitions. Quality doesn't have a definition. So I'd rather speak in terms of classic and romantic (the problem space) because that's where the one's I talk to, dwell. Yours, John > 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/md/archives.html > -- "finite players play within boundaries. Infinite players play *with* boundaries." 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/md/archives.html
