Tom Storm

I would have thought the younger, the more values led, with a tendency to be turned off by these sorts of campaigns. Interesting what you say about yo...

It's obvious you find this peculiar or hard to fathom. The real question is, why? But you’ve chosen the word 'disinterest', and that’s not the correct...

I saw the ad and found it distasteful in a retro way, but many ads annoy me. I was wondering if it was trying to be playfully defiant towards identity...

That's an odd quesion. As I've said many times, I am interested in what others believe and why. No need for antipathy. As you have seen, I am generous...

Yes, it’s interesting. Historically, I've gotten a lot of satisfaction from the idea that life is meaningless, that there’s no intrinsic purpose and t...

Thank you for your nuanced response. I tend to hold what some might describe as progressive views on many issues but recognize that there can be extre...

So do you consider Trump to be a force for good in a world ‘taken over’ by Leftist fanatics? To an outsider it looks like this would describe the worl...

That's a very interesting and incisive post. Nicely put.

I vividly remember the panic over political correctness in Australia in the early 1990's. "You can't say anything anymore!" being the usual refrain. D...

More of a Kantian?

Are you an idealist?

I have no issue with disagreements. I disagree with myself. Yes, I think that's the preferred approach. I always assume people are doing the best they...

I don’t have a deep view on this, but I generally avoid engaging with people I assess as hostile or aggressively obtuse. I suspect many who come acros...

Ok. I'm having trouble interpreting this one because I honestly can't remember the last time someone 'wronged me.' People have made mistakes that made...

What would be an example of this in action? I suspect some people should probably be harder on themselves than they are. What does this mean?

It's beyond me. Unfortunately I can't even get through Nietzsche or Heidegger...

That's fair and I'd imagine millions of folk share this view. Thanks for clarifying. Yeah, I'd say fear is a powerful motivator for many beliefs. I'm ...

Not quite, I said there are many questions that don’t matter, but the question about the soul feels like it’s of a different order, right? I’m mainly ...

The world is full of subjects I know nothing about, and that makes no difference to me. But the idea of a soul is hardly just another subject, it's so...

What a sweet creature.

Well yes, and it's part of postmodernism too. Our frameworks, and reality are a contingent product. How woudl you say this isn't an agenda, or at the ...

My intention was not to have a go at whose contributions I value. I apologise if that's how it was heard. There are several members who are rather ard...

Yes, it often happens amongst members here. Sometimes watching is like a slow motion car crash.

Never said they were. I'm pointing to something I've noticed about the ones that are. I'm not going to spend valuable time seeking out examples. And I...

This reminds me there's an ongoing discussion on woke that’s been a curious read, but it’s easy to forget how much the concept operates across all fie...

Ha! I used to use that Wolfe title too, to describe rampant examples of managerialism at various workplaces I've been.

Fair enough - perhaps you left out C2) "to not be a cunt" I think this is an interesting frame for the 'soul' idea. There's something wonderfully poet...

I don’t believe in a soul and haven’t encountered any arguments that convince me otherwise. I can understand how our dread of death has led humans to ...

As I said earlier, we're too far apart on this, I’m not keen on formalism. Thanks for the chat.

But pain is not art, nor is it an interpretation of an object's aesthetic elements. So there's a problem with that comparison. This isn't a question a...

I don't think so. Sure, you can see cadmium blue without knowing the name, but you only recognise it as cadmium blue (or find it meaningful) because y...

I'd say this is inaccurate. To begin with, an innocent baby doesn’t know what colours are or what they’re called. They need to be socialised and taugh...

I think the average person also sees the art world as elitist and hard to traverse. I'd say hardship is the primary struggle for most artists unless t...

I've written my fair share of ugly sentences. :smile: From a personal perspective, I would say that the more you know about something, the deeper your...

Can you rephrase this? I'm assuming you're asking whether the aesthetic value of a work is independent from the information we have about it. You coul...

Sure - there are many others too, I just picked a couple.

I understood that but I think this is stretching this idea too far, but we don’t have to agree. Only if it suits the critic's/owner's/seller's narrati...

We're talking about an actual, literal written statement. Most works are without such a thing. This is a different matter from a physical, prescriptiv...

I guess that's why we have critics... But I'd imagine the statement is part of the artwork.

I'm reasonably comfortable with this for pragmatic purposes. As long as we recognise that the hierarchy is man-made, rather than discovering a hierarc...

I’m saying that when an artist presents something as art, it’s an invitation to explore it aesthetically. But yes, more broadly, our experience of the...

Yep, in Australia the voice said: "At the third stroke it will be 10:47 and 45 seconds: beep, beep, beep... At the third..." Curiously I've been looki...

We've already covered this. An object curated and put on display by an artist is an invitation to view it aesthetically. Whether you or I appreciate o...

All postmodern art has some kind of aesthetic. It doesn’t have to be about beauty; rather, like any work, it’s an invitation to experience something a...

Cool, sorry I didn’t see this earlier. I rate conceptual art as aesthetic, like any other art, because it engages our senses, and invites emotional an...

What do you take "purify the mind" to mean? A reference to the Noble Eightfold Path? To me, it could suggest that we don't need to concern ourselves w...

:up: I appreciate these replies. Thank you.

I’ve had academic friends lose positions for failing to agree with the department they work in. It was never about woke ideology or sleeze. The exampl...

Yes. I note career’s have often been ended if people failed to support a particular line. It’s standard in organisations like universities and schools...

Yes that makes sense. I'm trying to understand how "wokeism" when seen as problematic has any significant impact beyond rhetorical ‘grandstanding’ by ...