My response was the same as yours Lawrence, except I didn't think
there was any point in posting it.
Tim A.
On 31 Oct 2011, at 12:55, Lawrence Upton wrote:
> Maybe I killed this off with my dismissiveness
>
> or I just haven't seen other responses
>
> I apologise for my abruptness
>
> I have been thinking of a talk (/ led a conversation) I gave
> recently on
> painting, though I brought in poetry and music, which I thought went
> ok:
> the actual subject not being my choice; but afterwards I was mildly
> taken
> to task for not saying anything about "the spirit of art"
>
> I asked why nothing had been said at the time and got no clear answer.
> Then I went on and said I feel that _spirit of art_ doesn't mean
> anything;
> and that really does seem to have caused offence. That was not my
> intention.
>
> Yet my response to Millicent's question was not just a slight
> difference;
> but an incomprehension at the entire thing, denotations,
> connotations and
> any dark matters between. As if I had been asked, say, what features
> of
> thirteenth century English heraldic design are the most important to
> you
> in terms of personal hygiene?
>
> Salvation? Pauline salvation?
>
> I won't pursue this if no one else does. It's just bothered me that I
> might, through my abruptness, have given the impression that I am
> ready to
> bite a head off.
>
> No.
>
> Best
>
> L
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