From: Platt Holden (pholden@sc.rr.com)
Date: Wed Feb 18 2004 - 13:23:55 GMT
Dan,
> In a message dated 2/17/2004 6:55:30 AM Pacific Standard Time,
> pholden@sc.rr.com writes:
> Perhaps the difference between taste and informed judgment is best
> illustrated by comparing the pictures I have hanging on the walls in my
> home compared to what adorns the walls of the Tate Museum in London or the
> Metropolitan Museum in New York. I don't think people would pay to see my
> collection. :-) Platt,
>
> In this statement you are saying that your pictures aren't worth as
> much
> as anything in the Tate museum. My question is that, since society sends
> the message, a distorted message I believe, that your art is not worth "as
> much" doesn't that almost create a static pattern? Now we wind up "keeping
> up with the Jones's" and are wrapped in one big, huge, enormous static
> pattern - agreeing with everyone else on something that, in essence, cannot
> be judged to the point of accuracy.
> What do you think?
My question is how would you change the static patterns you find so
objectionable? Close down the museums?
Platt
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