According to this recent article: - ...There is no shared set of values we all absorb as preconscious assumptions. In our world, individuals have to find or create their own meaning.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/31/opinion/31brooks.html?_r=1&ref=columnists On 12/28/10, joseph berg <[email protected]> wrote: > - In order to flourish, every kind of art needs a sounding board, in > other words, appreciative admirers of the works of art. > > http://books.google.com/books?id=iFBQAAAAMAAJ&dq="sounding+board"+ukiyoe&q=sounding+board > > > On 12/22/10, William Conger <[email protected]> wrote: >> To have great audiences there must be great poets. >> wc >> >> >> ----- Original Message ---- >> From: joseph berg <[email protected]> >> To: aesthetics-l <[email protected]> >> Sent: Wed, December 22, 2010 12:15:48 AM >> Subject: Can art exist without a consensus? >> >> - To have great poets, there must be great audiences. >> >> Walt Whitman
