Charles wrote:
Ch> This sort of recycling is a graphic and gratifying testament to
Ch> the inheritly plastic and transmutable nature of metal, at odds
Ch> with what the eyes and hands are telling you. o many, a spike
Ch> knife is no longer an inanimate object, but a living one, moving
Ch> from one state to another. Frozen in time....
Ch> [snip]
And Bruce replied:
Br> That's a nearly perfect bit of artso-babble....
I don't think so. I've said almost exactly the same thing [1], albeit
less simply and clearly. I believe I know art babble when I see it.
Beating intricate stuff out of hot iron would be too tedious for words
if it weren't for the stimulus to "philosophic" speculation and
contemplation that it offers.
Well, okay: Personally, I don't like the "alive" metaphor but it's a
perfectly good one and worthy of further thought.
Philosophy and art are not bogus domains made up of empty words,
even if a significant (large?) fraction of the people who hang out
Philosopher or Artist shingles think so and write accordingly.
- Mike
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[1] http://home.tallships.ca/mspencer/hotiron.html
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