On Sep 15, 2009, at 9:19 AM, Chris Miller wrote: > "Art is a selective re-creation of reality according to an artist's > metaphysical value judgments" (Ayn Rand) > >> That definition fits any art at all, except it uses the term >> metaphysical, > rather odd for an Objectivist. (William Conger) > > ...................................................................... > ....... > ................................................................. > > Does it really fit *any* art at all? Aren't there some artists > who are more > interested creating a new reality, rather than re-creating what is > already > there? Haven't some of them succeeded? >
One cannot re-create what is there. One can only create a new personal reality mando > Her defintion may have problems, but what is admirable is that at > least she > presents one and sticks to it. > > Does anyone else here have a definition of art that he would like > to present? > > Regarding the term 'metaphysical', Rand presents Objectivism as > one among > many different kinds of metaphysics. She may advocate it as the > best, but she > still allows that others. indeed, most of humanity, prefers > something else. > >> It seems to me that she is rather oblivious to what actually >> constitutes the > canon (Imago Asthetik) > > Correct. > > It has always been the job of priests to establish, protect, and > interpret the > canon - or, actually, every priesthood has its own, and it's one > Rand's > virtues that she is oblivious to them all, unless, as she did with > Aristotle, > she finds something that makes sense to her. > > > ____________________________________________________________ > Best Weight Loss Program - Click Here! > http://thirdpartyoffers.netzero.net/TGL2231/fc/ > BLSrjnxRO9r2edGl0d43nsUC9YN7J8 > VM2LTpTT6Ezel1058GLQRc8bhAXYk/
