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> Yes, but a sculpture only has to look aesthetically pleasing;
Well, for sure and begorrah, I don't agree with that.
Lots of things have to look aesthetically (oh, boy, define that
term) pleasing. Wallpaper. Gardens. Cindy Crawford.
A sculpture (art in general) not only has to have an aesthetic
function (and whether pleasingness is part of that is a way open
question), it has to have the utility of engaging the observer's
emotions, although, yeah, that sort of is aesthetic function at
basis.
Initially, I came into memetics from the back door of aesthetics
(the only philosophical stance I appreciate), and can still see
immense connections.
At heart also, in my stubborness with sticking with physical
memes, is a stubborness inherent in aesthetics- that there
actually has to be something to look at.
- Wade
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