RE: Daumier-Smith and Empathy


Subject: RE: Daumier-Smith and Empathy
ZazieZazie@hetnet.nl
Date: Thu Jul 26 2001 - 04:35:34 GMT


-----Original Message-----
>>From:"owner-bananafish@roughdraft.org" <owner-bananafish@roughdraft.org> on behalf of
>>"Andy Norris" <AndyNorris@tireswing.net>
>>
>>This is a pretty frequently-discussed topic. The teaching assistant who
>>attempts to justify their position by bringing out every pebble of
>>potential meaning they've ever heard v. the student that says, "anything is
>>art."

I never said that!

>>As much as
>>Zazie doesn't like the voice of the pedantic scholar asserting meaning
>>where it may or may not exist, I dislike the voice of the precocious
>>student who says there's no meaning. I used to be that student, and I
>>recognize in that petulant, immature voice (that used to be mine) a smug
>>laziness. A sense of superiority.

But isn't this YOUR petulantism (or whatever the noun is) creeping into the discussion here?
Appreciating your openness

>>And I think that's pretty close to the bottom line of the answer to the
>>question, "What is art?" Art is a diversion.

A diversion? That is certainly a very light approach ...
-
* Unsubscribing? Mail majordomo@roughdraft.org with the message
* UNSUBSCRIBE BANANAFISH



This archive was generated by hypermail 2b25 : Mon Sep 10 2001 - 15:29:40 GMT