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It's not something I made up (difference between art and taste). Not
only that there is "artistic literacy" but people do actual PhDs too.
Art has thousands of years behind it and it's a well-formalised
discipline. There are lots of books on it that tell of time-tested
elements of art, of what is art, and of what is good art. Art is now,
in fact, becoming a science with research departments.
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*Scientism* might be a useful concept to consider before one gets too
transcendent either about the sciences or about the arts. *Social
constructionism* would be another one perhaps. Because 'literacy' is only
applicable where the alphabet is already fully achieved:
del tuo oh nulla è il mondo e nulla
dire è la tua parola, lo mantiene sul suo asse
diagonato il passo degli analfabeti. Ed oltre ogni dire è il vero
libro da scuola.
( oh nothing of yours is the world and nothing
to say is your speaking, maintaining it on its axis
diagonate the pace of the illiterate. And beyond what's to say is truth
in schoolbooks. )
[Amelia Rosselli]
CW
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'Listen people, I don't know how you expect to ever stop the
war if you can't sing any better than that'
- Country Joe McDonald, Woodstock 1969
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