Savage is right. Ruthless in the defense of reason and intellect and knowledge and virtue and insight and nuance and deference to the spiritual feminine and all things true, beautiful, and fearful. WC
________________________________ From: armando baeza <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Cc: armando baeza <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, April 4, 2009 10:37:38 AM Subject: Re: Judging the late Titian I truly believe that his "savage" remark came from his soul. I feel sorry for him. Apache native mando On Apr 4, 2009, at 8:03 AM, [email protected] wrote: > In a message dated 4/3/09 8:23:38 PM, [email protected] writes: > > >> And huzzah on your arrogant artist's defense of Titian, even those bad >> late ones. <g> >> >> Michael, you often bring a rewarding, arch, irony to your lines. > Occasionally > this undermines surety about what your own position is, but that can be okay. > For example, it's unsure if you are praising or ridiculing William here. > > I don't agree with William when he chastises Mando for daring to deride any > work of Titian's -- as you also dae to do by insinuating Titian had bad late > paintings. As Horace said, "Sometimes even noble Homer nods." I have > frequent > dinners with a friend who is a Shakespeare scholar. The admiration we feel for > W.S. is such that sometimes all we can do is shake our heads in loving awe. > But we would never think of defending his every line. In truth, I think that > to > condemn any criticism whatever of W.S. -- or Titian -- would be to display a > defective sensibility. But I grant I can't be sure William was being serious > when he rounded on Mando... > > > > > ************** > Worried about job security? Check out the 5 safest jobs in a > recession. > (http://jobs.aol.com/gallery/growing-job-industries?ncid=emlcntuscare00000003 > )
