[MD] Percepts and Concepts.

[John Carl]

On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 3:18 PM, david buchanan <dmbuchanan at hotmail.com>wrote:

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> Kat said to John and Ham:
> I think that this (Arlo's point) is a very good point. I don't think that
> you can define art as an expression of emotion in a form other than words. I
> think that art is anything that is high-Quality. This would then include, as
> Arlo says, gardening, fixing motorcycles, engineering etc, and would mean
> that philosophy wasn't excluded as a form of art either. ... I hope that
> seeing the arguments from both sides of this dicussion all together will
> allow people to come to their own decision about what art is.
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> dmb (Dave) says:
> Right, I think he made a very good point too




john]

well honestly my reaction is like, duh, has anybody on this forum ever heard
of this book called, zen and the ART of motorcycle maintenance???  It's a
very catchy title, equating art with  mechanical maintenance (maintenance no
less - nothing as unglamourous as mechanic doing maintenance) but the author
meant more than just mentioning the two concepts in juxtaposition to sell
more books, he actually made some pretty darn good points in there about
sculpting rotisseries and whatnot.

sheesh.

dmb]

and I'm especially fond of the idea that philosophy is an art form. Or
> rather, the idea that it can be.


john]

I wouldn't be surprised if just about every great philosopher and thinker
from Socrates onward would agree with you.  What does "liberal arts" mean?
Painting?  but never mind all that.  The question to ask of those who
believe in art, is ... is it any good?  How can it be made better?



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