[MD] Food for Thought

[MarshaV]

At 03:07 PM 12/28/2006, Ham wrote:

>Greetings, Marsha --
>
>
> > I have just ordered Tsion Avital's book through Interlibrary
> > loan.  It sounds mind boggling, but I'm curious.  Is it something I
> > need to understand?
>
>I'm not a trained artist, so you'll have to decide for yourself whether
>Avital's art book offers a philosophy that's of value.  "Art versus Nonart"
>is apparently a translation by John Harries and costs about $80 (US) from
>Abe Books, which is too heavy for me.  (I also don't know to what extent the
>author develops his philosophy in this volume.)
>
>All I really know is that Avital is an art critic who teaches in Tel Aviv,
>Israel with some good connections in the philosophical world.  In the essay
>I've quoted, he applies the principles of contrariety -- symmetry/asymmetry,
>etc. -- to a creation ontology that closely approximates my own.  I just
>thought that a working artist such as yourself might gain something in the
>way of a metaphysical perspective from his thoughts.
>
>Incidentally, after giving out a partial URL which accesses something called
>"Visual Mathematics", I've discovered that only the complete address
>http://www.mi.sanu.ac.yu/vismath/avital1/av3.htm connects you to the
>Mindprints page that deals with the philosophical aspects.  (This is the
>page I quoted from.)
>

snip the religious babble


>For me, this expresses in a suggestive fashion what I try to explain in my
>thesis, using Cusan logic and Hegel's cosmology as support.  So, in answer
>to your question, I would say that if the above excerpt (again, it it
>doesn't come from his book) has meaning for you, and isn't too mind
>boggling, chances are you'll also benefit from reading the book.  If you do
>read it, kindly let me know if you'd recommend it for me.
>
>Thanks for responding, and have a Happy New Year, Marsha.


Hi Ham,

I'm sure you know you can request any book through your local library 
via the interlibrary loan system.  It shouldn't cost you 
anything.  All you need is the title, author and isbn#.  It's one of 
the systems that makes this country great.  It's one of the reasons I 
decided to get my master's degree in library science.  Hail to the 
mighty book!!!

You have a Happy New Year too, Ham.

Marsha