Bill Aycock on sat 12 jun 99
At 12:55 PM 06/10/1999 EDT, someone wrote:
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>The japanese culture has been evolving for thousands of years..it is no
>wonder they have a higher sense of aeshetics than westerners in the USA and
>Australia for that matter...our culture really only goes back 2 - 300 years
>we have a long way to go
Remember the farmyard product I refered to in an earlier post-
Someone just stepped in it again.
A "higher sense of aesthetics" sometimes is just a cover for either
"effete" or "decadent" or even "stagnant". Western culture has been
evolving for millinia also, but has not been so static or isolated. In
addition- the melting pot of the many cultures labelled "western" has many
advantages. For one thing- there are lots of ideas to borrow, file the
serial numbers off, and re-issue as new.
Dont get me wrong- I admire much of what I have seen of the Japanese
culture- but only in a position alongside many others, not ahead. I have
some small Persian bowls that rival ANY out of Japan. On the other hand-
Japanese brush work is hard to beat.- And- so it goes.
Bill- waxing irate at another small pile of BS, here, safely in command (as
long as Iris lets me) of Persimmon Hill.
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Bill Aycock --- Persimmon Hill
Woodville, Alabama, US 35776
(in the N.E. corner of the State)
W4BSG -- Grid EM64vr
baycock@HiWAAY.net
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