[lit-ideas] Re: Beauty, anyone?

From: Andy Amago <aamago@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2007 23:08:51 -0500 (GMT-05:00)

A beautiful object is, quite simply, one that
>beckons us to it.

Mmm, let's see, a chain saw murderer might be beckoned by a chain saw; someone 
with an eating disorder might be beckoned by excess food, an addict might be 
beckoned by drugs ... Not things that most people would consider beautiful.  
Some in fact might be repelled by these objects.  Therefore, a beautiful object 
*to us* is, quite simply, one that beckons us to it.  But a beautiful object 
per se cannot be generalized, possibly cannot even be imagined.





-----Original Message-----
>From: John McCreery <john.mccreery@xxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Feb 20, 2007 10:38 PM
>To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Beauty, anyone?
>
>On 2/21/07, Mike Geary <atlas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>
>>
>> I agree that study can add a layer or a multitude of layers of complexity to
>> any object of study, even to pink wallpaper with sea shells.
>
>The only problem with this response is that the ability to add layers
>of meaning is irrelevant to the original contention (quoted from the
>article at the start of the thread)
>
>"that we once again talk about beauty as "identical with the
>spark of desire." A beautiful object is, quite simply, one that
>beckons us to it."
>
>Nehamas points to an experience that I have then likened to falling in
>love. That is the heart of the matter, not the mind's ability, thanks
>to a basic property of language,  to spin endless associations for
>anything whatsoever.
>
>-- 
>John McCreery
>The Word Works, Ltd., Yokohama, JAPAN
>Tel. +81-45-314-9324
>http://www.wordworks.jp/
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