Art no competition

[Bekah]

On Aug 15, 2012, at 7:23 AM, Mark Kohut wrote:

> Dear Senor, Genius, Mr. Borges,
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> What does this mean? What does 'accidental' mean re Beauty in literature when you then point out the words are 'manipulated'
> by the authors?

Not Borges but ... I would think he means that the Beauty is accidental -  the harmony and manipulations are not accidental but the beauty within them is.  Finding beauty is like an "Aha!" moment.  We can't systematically take something apart and find beauty and repeat it - there's something "accidental" about the kind of beauty Borges is talking about.  


> What 'eternity' are we tying literature to? Acquinas's or the world's?

I've always had an issue with any kind of "universal truth" or "beauty" in literature (or anywhere)  but actually,  I think Borges is UNtying the union between beauty and the eternal.  


>  Shakesepeare is 'for all time' at least, as big Ben J. said first.

B.J. was a great man but Shakespeare has gone in and out of favor down through the ages - the early 20th century was rather tired of him.

Bekah 




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> Labrynthininely Yours,
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> Mark K.
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> From: Keith Davis <kbob42 at gmail.com>
> To: David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> 
> Cc: bandwraith at aol.com; pynchon-l at waste.org 
> Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2012 9:01 AM
> Subject: Re: Art no competition
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> More Borges: "I have observed with regret that any man, by merely perusing many volumes in order to judge them (and the critic's task is nothing else) can become a geneaologist of styles and detective of influences. He inhabits this terrifying and almost inexpressible truth: Beauty in literature is accidental, depending on the harmony or discord of the words manipulated by the writer, and is not tied to eternity."
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> On Wed, Aug 15, 2012 at 9:27 AM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
> Nicolas Roeg and Donald Cammell's Performance, 1970
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> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJX9Qy9mZdA&list=UUvm73QJ8COAJCdHO1oFyR3g&index=6&feature=plcp
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> James Fox "Why don`t you play us a tune"
> Mick Jagger "I don`t like music"
> James Fox "Comical little geezer. You'll look funny when you're fifty"
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> On Wed, Aug 15, 2012 at 7:26 AM,  <bandwraith at aol.com> wrote:
> > Good tune. If we could only teach the Taliban to sing...
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