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I too prefer some freedom when it comes to words. Particularly when the objects addressed are necessarily vague and broad. I think for some--perhaps, ...

De Koining's is medium-bodied with a bouquet reminiscent of lemongrass and hints of parsnips and rhubarb.

Ok. I liked your categories which immediately preceded the above. But are you saying in the final analysis Idol doesn't fit into any category even of ...

Yes! If you don't mind me saying. If there is God. And, if not, why not faith in truth? That there is a truth which we already are, and in being (that...

Thank you

Of course. I was lazily noting that since it is a "production", the producers and writers may just be performing tasks no differently than an accounta...

Interesting. And is Collingwood the convention in Aesthetics? Or is he fringe? Or just one among a few?

Maybe you misunderstood me. I was quoting the doc with respect to Duchamp's urinal. I get why people might be annoyed, yet isn't his message, that sno...

Yes, my mistake for abbreviating that way. Nevertheless, your last comment applying Collingwood's definition applies to both "AIs." Except for the ind...

Yes, "designed to mock the world of art, and the snobberies that go with it."

I am suggesting (without any data or research) tgat it seems the U.S. and other common law societies like the UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, are ...

we are, in the west at least, a super litigious society. It is difficult to be convinced in bona fides as a mechanism of trust.

yes, good points.

You have understood the "appeal" to me; and yet, perhaps you are correct, and notwithstanding the unique mix of drama and reality, it is still just a ...

Excellent point. Objectively, likely not. But that doesn't prohibit one from "seeing" it as "good." Yes, once could apply that objective vs subjective...

Right. Am Idol's source is enough to prohibit a conclusion that it is art as aesthetically understood.

I agree

You have unwittingly touched back onto my original quandary. By AI I meant the show. But true, if AI produced a beautiful poem, is it not art? If it a...

It can be...if one is not careful to step over the obstacles to get to the cracks letting in some light. Fact is, I can readily admit I am simply tryi...

It's an evolving world. If Plato had his way...and yet, look at us now.

I agree no need to "correct" AI/Dance, same show. Ok, then in my estimation, AI meets the criterion which asks if it elicits strong feeling, no? It ma...

Strong argument, yes.

Understood your response. Does "content" like AI produce that "Sublime.?" Maybe you are right, if the feelings are manipulated out of me by architects...

Perhaps that needs to be a criterion; if tge intention is solely commercial, let's agree it is not art. This would be a superimposed deterrent, I thin...

I think you are likely in the conventional majority. But thank you for seeing my struggle. As for singing being a talent as opposed to creative, I beg...

Nice criteria. So it is art if the creator intended it to be; and, if it elicits a level emotion tantamount to that experienced by its creator. Americ...

Sincerely, I agree that your explanations are sound. I ask this for clarification, not argumentively, do you think addressing feelings as their neurol...

That's what I'm saying. Are we tacking on quasi-elitist conditions?

Yes. Exactly that. Add, nonlinguistic could just as easily be called pre-linguistic. Without knowing enough yet about Henry, I cannot say I am on boar...

Might not strike you the same way. I am amazed that art, which is a representation of representation, can so profoundly affect the body to feel, witho...

Good for him, if that's true. But I imagine it is not black and white. There are likely more layers to what surfaces as sublimation than even experts ...

No worries. Thank you for your perspective. Strictly speaking, American Idol certainly doesn't match the definition you quoted.

So true! Try Bob Dylan. You make an excellent point.

True enough. ...or "inferior" art. Maybe it will be in its "kitschiness" that future generations will find an appeal. Kitsch can make us feel in not r...

Ok, from that perspective, I have no issues. Of course the fear of death at the root of myth and ritual. Sorry I went off (likely willfully blinded) o...

I watched the video. Very interesting. I'd like to read his trilogy even as art. My obviously hasty and prejudiced take is 1. he was aware of the cris...

If it interests you, I think it's common sense that people turn to religion to resolve the fear of death, which as you say, and I agree, is rooted in ...

Very nice! Your secondary part is almost soteriological, though I totally understand and agree with the moral/metaphysical concept of a "need" for "re...

If I am understanding correctly, here is how this kind of "truth" can be said to be about...pure color or sound: because "we" are talking about the se...

Yes, that is not just a prerequisite, but the "hypotheses" informing me suggests that the Truth being sought is necessarily "beyond" logic. That is wh...

Ok, yes "infer" based on our subjective. He too admits to not "knowing" the "ultimate". Thank you for that link. 1911! Looking forward to reading it.

I hope to "god" this doesn't offend you. But there seems an underlying humor? Not your thinking; its delivery. I prefer you don't answer. Regardless, ...

I get your perspective, even that it is accepted widely. But I happen to think difference is exactly where freedom stops. I'm not sure if you would be...

Your take is of course reasonable and functional. Here's a "different" take of the same story. We start off with freedom. God says, you are living bei...

Without a doubt. Yes, my exact position. Not necessarily Buddhist meditation, nor Christian prayer. These were raised to point away from the direction...

Ok, then your use of essence conflicts with mine. I don't deny yours exists. Unless you were being flippant, you don't deny some religious folk seek T...

I would see the fear of death as the basis for the bastardized version of religion. The one which has you understandably frustrated references to the ...

Well, after prefacing my answer with the admission that I'm no authority, because as I said, individuals can experience the essence of religion in aut...

And religion is necessarily not that. At its core it is refuge from that. Religion is turning attention away from our imposition thinking, our knowing...

Totally