I am afraid the notion of little voices snickering came into my head, and no, I cannot find the word or phrase that did that.
-----Original Message----- From: Cheerskep <[email protected]> To: aesthetics-l <[email protected]> Sent: Sun, Dec 9, 2012 3:13 pm Subject: Re: Kate's excellent queries; Barthes; etc In a message dated 12/9/12 3:04:58 PM, [email protected] writes: Since a mark with no conscious meaning was what Pollock was
aiming at he would indeed be justified in chiding the viewers on their insistence that he intended a penis.
I did not cite anyone insisting anything about Pollock's intention:
"Let's say Pollack's flung paint hits the canvas in such a way that
four
out of five observers, upon seeing the shape, cannot help being reminded
of
a penis." Kate seems to be saying that Pollack would be justified in growling that they "miss the mark".
