Conger wrote: But in art it's often presumed that artworks, of whatever medium, are made
as well as they can be made, serving, presumably some higher, "aesthetic" goal or purpose. By 'made' I mean also 'express'. Does aesthetic
experience
require a notion of the best, of the best, aiming at the best, of the highest order, as well is it can be, etc., even if no one knows beforehand
what
might exemplify the best as a state of mind?
It has often been said that if you try to make "something Beautiful" you won't.
