Re: [microsound] no OS

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>From: "bitmoth@littlegirlempire=2Ecom" <bitmoth@littlegirlempire=2Ecom>
>but my question, basically, and this is a life-long obsession of mine,=20=

is
>why bother critiquing anything unless you can say for CERTAIN in
>whose mind the correct view of the piece exists=2E is it the artist or th=
e
>audience? if you can't say, and if you can't say for certain, then you
>should simply shut up and enjoy it or despise it in private=2E

<<From: pelagius
That attitude is a pretty good illustration of the current level of=20
political debate (at least in the US):
-- "Shut up and keep your views to yourself"
-- "If you can't say for certain (i=2Ee=2E if you don't agree with the off=
icial=20
version of "the truth") don't say anything at all=2E">>

my statement has nothing to do with political debate=2E lord knows i enjoy=
=20
a good completely useless argument with everybody just spouting off=20
willy-nilly=2E and i do NOT believe people should keep their views to=20
themself, especially about life and death and the country they have to=20
do both in=2E and i do NOT agree in official versions of the truth=2E i wa=
s=20
merely making an observation that to critique anything at all implies=20
that you have some kind of insight which is keener or truer than another=20=

person's, but if you can't tell me where the act of art occurs (and it mus=
t=20
be an action, since it cannot exist in the piece itself, which is
essentially=20
an inanimate object until viewed, thank you DADA) then it is an empty=20
gesture to tell ME what you think of it=2E by all means tell me what you=20=

think IF you understand that you are only describing your utterly=20
subjective reaction to it=2E but do NOT tell me what it means, what it=20
signifies, what it contains=2E=2E=2Ei may or may not agree with you, but i=
t's
very=20
off-putting to have people shove their opinions down your throat as the=20=

truth=2E (he said, shoving his opinions down their throats as the truth)
=2Edevon:

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