Artistic beauty is, as the impressionists argued, not a function of the "beauty" of the topic to which the art work refers.
Here is a Reuters photo (NYT 22Decd02 p.WK.4) worthy of Ryoanji and the austere Japanese esthetic that found its models in the people's pottery of Korea: http://www.users.cloud9.net/~bradmcc/jpg/ANW-SK021222.jpg It would also make a great full-page advertisement in a glossy high-end fashion magazine, or the cover for the great American novel of the 21st century (sorry I couldn't find a bigger copy).... \brad mccormicdk -- Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works.... (Matt 5:16) Prove all things; hold fast that which is good. (1 Thes 5:21) <![%THINK;[SGML+APL]]> Brad McCormick, Ed.D. / [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----------------------------------------------------------------- Visit my website ==> http://www.users.cloud9.net/~bradmcc/ _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://scribe.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework