Re: From Daumier to Smith/Franny acting

AntiUtopia@aol.com
Fri, 17 Sep 1999 07:50:42 -0400 (EDT)

In a message dated 9/17/99 5:00:58 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
verona_beach@hotpop.com writes:

<< 
 So, you're saying that try as he or she might, the true artist can never
 really alter or improve the human condition? Interesting interpretation. I
 guess the story could be seen as a statement on the failure of the
 transcendence of art - which is a concept which I suppose denies the
 concept of satori which relies on unexpected, unpremeditated sources of
 enlightenment.  >>

That's almost what I think, but I was directing it more toward DDS personally 
than outward into the world of ideas.  That he personally was expecting too 
much of art, his art, to the point where its importance surpassed that of the 
world around him -- and that his own sense of worth was based upon his talent 
as an artist.  

And I like the previous post by...j?  DDS couldn't keep the woman in the 
display from falling, like he couldn't keep the nun from neglecting her 
talent.

Jim