Lessing is quoted as saying that the reason for the Laocoon's relatively peaceful expression was that any violence of expression would have been unaesthetic,which is some jump to a conclusion.
-----Original Message----- From: William Conger <[email protected]> To: aesthetics-l <[email protected]> Sent: Sat, Dec 7, 2013 7:48 pm Subject: Re: comment invited I always try to make something beautiful and often do, for me. I do think it's impossible to make something beautiful on demand. So, no guarantees. wc ________________________________ From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, December 7, 2013 6:35 PM Subject: Re: comment invited 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.
