It's been a very long time since I've written anything here. Nearly five months. Why do I return to this medium? For whom am I writing
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Welcome back.truthchaseOctober 10 2002, 10:49:02 UTC
Your journals are very interesting. I hope you will write more often now. One of Wordworth's biggest beefs was the tendency of people to separate themselves from the experiences they have with art. It was so bad that when people traveled to places like Mont Blanc, they took an EMPTY PICTURE FRAME with them to help them experience what they were seeing in the same way they'd experience a painting of it. I remember Viscomi describing it, he probably mentioned it in your class. But it really struck me as vulger and dehumanizing. Thanks for the conversation. It was both engaging and humbling. I need to be humbled quite a bit. It would be nice to get to that realization that I am wholly ignorant, and can listen to everything and question everything with a clear mind.
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One of Wordworth's biggest beefs was the tendency of people to separate themselves from the experiences they have with art. It was so bad that when people traveled to places like Mont Blanc, they took an EMPTY PICTURE FRAME with them to help them experience what they were seeing in the same way they'd experience a painting of it. I remember Viscomi describing it, he probably mentioned it in your class. But it really struck me as vulger and dehumanizing.
Thanks for the conversation. It was both engaging and humbling. I need to be humbled quite a bit. It would be nice to get to that realization that I am wholly ignorant, and can listen to everything and question everything with a clear mind.
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Think I could harass you on AIM a little more often for some chitchat?
Anyhow, stay in touch.
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