Hey! I got a pile of marshmallows ready to throw if needed.
On Jan 18, 2009, at 2:50 PM, Bela Cos wrote:
Yes, Mando. How "marvelous" that the axes and hammers seem to have
been
thown down (at least temporarily)!
Bela C.
----- Original Message -----
From: "armando baeza"
To: [email protected]
Cc: "armando baeza"
Subject: Re: "Art critics mostly heaped abuse on his work, saying he
gave reali sm a bad name."
Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2009 10:42:43 -0800
I'm enjoying the respectful exchanges between Miller and
William,very
much.
amndo
On Jan 18, 2009, at 10:18 AM, William Conger wrote:
I agree that there are different degrees and types of
sentimentality. Sentimentality that is immersed in myth is the
bad sort. Sentimentality rooted in values and human
perseverance in reality is the good sort. The shades from myth
to values and reality are finely graduated. For instance I am
deeply sentimental about the heroism of people like Miller's
father who, he said, earned the Distinguished Flying Cross for
his WWII flights. I knew a flyer of that era who survived his
24 missions intact over Germany and I remember his moving
narratives. I am a sentimental baby when it comes to the basic
American values in the Constitution and Bill of Rights, etc.,
and the perseverance of early settlers and townspeople. I
deplore mythologizing of anything for the sake of creating false
history or worth, and that, unfortunately, is a special
American habit exercised with unembarrassed excess. So it's true
that we must be on guard all the time against slipping
from truth into myth, whether in art, history, or in daily life.
WC
--- On Sun, 1/18/09, Chris Miller wrote:
... and what is "sentimentality" -- other than a
strong feeling that you do
not happen to share ?
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