[MD] Defining Art (was Churning Point)

[Heather Perella]

Platt,

     The only part in the definition that you gave
that might pull art out of being accepted as taking
LSD or peyote would be the clause in the definition as
here stated:  "vivid faith in the ideal"  I don't see
how the other statements would lead you out of that. 
I say this clause because how beauty can be felt and
is indescribable does not take away feeling while on
LSD or something.  Yet, "vivid faith in the ideal"
could be defined more to exclude using something to
have one feel beauty.  Lame Deer had some books
written about his life and teachings.  He was a Lakota
I believe.  I know he was Sioux, but Sioux is a very
general label.  Anyways he lived as late as the 1970's
maybe, and his story is ripe with taking peyote and
other drugs, until he realized the teachings of his
people - the old way.  He said to know this old way
was to know it as a human being, not to use something
else to know it.  Yet, to know this old way was to
know it by just living as we are already.  We are
ideally born.  Sure we have to eat food, drink water,
paint but his point and I'm sure many other people
have this point, which is being human needs no extra
stimuli to live and be wise as the old ones.

SA

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