Two Good Reasons

[prozak at anus.com]

> >> > An instance of communication addressing ³metaphysical issues² does not
> >> > necessarily take place at a ³metaphysical level.²
> > 
> > the question is whether or not it is metaphysical; addressing
> > metaphysical issues makes it metaphysical in the language i'm using
> 
> Does that mean that any instance of (art) communication addressing
> ³metaphysical issues² would have ³soul²?

"soul" would come in degrees, unless you think reality is mostly 
binary?

> If so, would that also be the case
> if it was a rejection of metaphysics?

to reject metaphysics in all forms is a nihilism so profound no art 
would be created

> > it sounds like a frustrating circular argument, but it's simple:
> > metaphysical issues are part of the spectrum of what art has
> > throughout its history addressed. thus most art touches on them and
> > if it does so with intent to analyze them, exists at a metaphysical
> > level.
> > 
> What, exactly, do you mean by Œexists at a metaphysical level¹? 

i'm using your language here...

> How does a
> work of art exist at a ³metaphysical level² as opposed to a
> ³non-metaphysical level²? And how do you detect its existence at this level?

once again, through address of metaphysical topics in art.

cheers

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