Reflection from the object is a blind physical phenomenon after object is hit by scope of human aesthetic sense first. Boris Shoshensky
---------- Original Message ---------- From: armando baeza <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Cc: armando baeza <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Meanings Date: Mon, 5 Oct 2009 13:01:50 -0700 Objects also may reflect the entire scope of aesthetic feeling in the any one particular or group of mind's perception. mando On Oct 5, 2009, at 12:38 PM, armando baeza wrote: > The simple point is that object reflects the experiences in the > minds of individuals or groups of individuals . > mando > On Oct 5, 2009, at 11:28 AM, Michael Brady wrote: > >> William wrote >> >>> Meaning is what we project and is affected by how we use external >>> reality, even the realities we ourselves make or manipulate like >>> a painting or musical composition. >> >> As I've said before, I believe that artifacts contain in them >> structural properties of one kind or other that lead to consistent >> interpretations by individuals. There is something there, in them, >> in artifacts, that distinguishes them from the random detritus of >> nature. There is a form in them that is significant, that can >> signify to someone, who can then interpret the signifying. >> >> The person, btw, doesn't "project," doesn't throw something out >> onto the object. That has a bit of metaphorical expansion to it. >> >> Rather, the person receives it in such a way that it "makes sense" >> to the person. That's the interpretive part. A very important >> aspect here is that the thing out there and the person's receptive >> mechanism in here are two different things, and they can be >> separated, if the person chooses to do so. That's the manipulation >> William speaks of. It is how the meanings of words slide around, >> and how maps work. >> >> All in all, there are two basic conditions here: terminus and >> correlation. The terminus is the place where one thing ends. It >> can be clear, definite, precise, or it can be fuzzy, vague, and >> unstable. But it is important to us that something terminates, >> ends, stops--that a thing can be *determined*--so that we can >> distinguish it from other things. And there is correlation, the >> method of mapping and of representation ... and of art. "This <--> >> that." [Cheerskep: note the absence of a verb.] >> >> When William says that meaning can be manipuated, he implies that >> his knowing of somethign can be determined (limited) and that it >> can be arbitrarily *and willfully* correlated to something (A <--> >> C or A <--> E, etc.). >> >> >> | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | >> Michael Brady >> [email protected] >> http://considerthepreposition.blogspot.com/ >> http://thinkinglikeadesigner.blogspot.com/ >> Subscribe: [email protected] >> Unsubscribe: [email protected] ____________________________________________________________ Click now for prescreened plumbing contractors. http://thirdpartyoffers.netzero.net/TGL2241/fc/BLSrjpYePbkir9VgodIWvqkavuSMvp 0Zjrpm2VGLZuLYhOE93RTkAByGjba/
