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From: dca@edison.UUCP (David C. Albrecht)
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Subject: Re: Re: The Problems With Science Fiction Today - a reply
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Date: Mon, 10-Jun-85 10:10:38 EDT
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> In article <2139@topaz.ARPA> henry%clemson.csnet@csnet-relay.arpa writes:
> >
> >You throw forth your opinions as if they were fact. They are not. Absolutely
> >ALL artistic appreciation is opinion. Nothing else. Just because a majority
> 	Nonsense !! The often-hazy thing called "QUALITY" does exist, but you
> 	will not know it until it hits you right on the face. (For edification,
> 	refer to ZEN_AND_THE_ART_OF_MOTORCYCLE_MAINTENANCE by R. M. Pirsig)
> 	That is why, Michelangelo is not "just another" sculptor, and that is
> 	why #_OF_THE_BEAST is suitable for any trashcan, whereas THE_SHEEP_
> 	LOOK_UP is not, whether or not you may believe otherwise.
> >does not make the opinion RIGHT. You have your opinions and I have mine.
> 	Very good.. now, which one do you think is closer to the TRUTH ???
> 	(e.g. calling #OFTB a piece of trash vs. calling it a 
> 	literary masterpiece, to be remembered by generations to come!!)
> >
Ahhh, but what if the culture values the "rough" nature of a lesser sculptor.
Torn tee-shirts, poor stitching, camp looks, then that culture will evaluate
"just another" sculptor higher than Michelangelo.  Michelangelo had great
life-like vision but I am certain that you could find many
people who don't consider life-like vision great art.  I really don't feel
that artisitic evaluation and quality are the same thing.  A work of art
may have the feel of quality and yet not be artisically great.  Similarly,
a motorcycle engine may have the static feel of quality yet not work very
well.  Quality to me is more an expression of the feeling of precision and
care that an item evokes and has little to do with art.

David Albrecht