From: -Peter (pcorteen@gmail.com)
Date: Wed Sep 07 2005 - 20:58:41 BST
Hello Platt,
you said 'A newborn knows what it likes before it knows anything else'; but
I'd say a newborn knows nothing; it just experiences at first and then later
a residue of some kind is laid down and gradually the patterns and habits
form - only then does it start to know.
'The great thing about art' was your phrase referring to freedom of choice
of subject and attempts to reach bliss; for me it is about newness and fresh
ideas; it could be a new way of working rather than a new subject but the
finished product would still reflect something new.
I still think we only know AFTER the experience - isn't this what Pirsig's
stove example illustrates ?
-Peter
On 9/7/05, Platt Holden <pholden@sc.rr.com> wrote:
>
> -Hello -Peter
>
> > Hello Platt,
> > so you know what you like; no! you only know AFTER you like (or
> dislike).
>
> A newborn knows what it likes before it knows anything else.
>
> > Furthermore, your worm might find a nice spot and then be trodden on
> later.
> > I think I like to smoke cigars but they are no good for me in the long
> run.
>
> Knowing that you like to ride a motorcycle won't prevent accidents.
> Knowing you like sex doesn't give you license to rape.
>
> > I agree with you when you say about chosen subjects that 'no one can say
> > one is right and the other wrong', but let's not confuse sophisticated
> > forms of self-calming with the great thing about art.
>
> What is the "great thing about art" that is separate from what people
> like?
>
> Platt
>
>
>
>
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