I don't think nature is in the business of producing aesthetics
I thought that
was left up to the mind of man
mando


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To: [email protected];
[email protected]
Sent: Mon, May 3, 2010 6:20:53 PM
Subject: Re:
"You must learn to choose the truth before aesthetic preferences".  (Auden)
In a message dated 5/3/10 7:05:37 PM, [email protected] writes:


> Does that
mean that a work of art should never distort or obscure 
> reality?
> 

No. It
means that the thing itself has within it its   own aesthetic and 
that you
shouldn't cram your own taste onto it without considering   what the 
thing
is. The practioner of "cute" shouldn't make a Cruxifiction   because 
"cute"
doesn't provide adequate resources for   such a portrayal.
KAte Sullivan

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