February 2010
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“To be truly artistic, a work must also be esthetic—that is, framed for...”
– Art as Experience, John Dewey
January 2010
Anthony Hecht, from “The Grapes”
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I stood beside a table near a window, Gazing down at a crystal bowl of grapes In ice-water. They were green grapes, or, rather, They were a sort of pure, unblemished jade, Like turbulent ocean water, with misted skins, Their own pale, smoky sweat, or tiny frost. I leaned over the table, letting the sun Fall on my forearm, contemplating them. Reflections of the water dodged and swam...
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“Craftsmanship to be artistic in the final sense must be ‘loving’; it...”
– Art as Experience, John Dewey
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“Mere perfection in execution, judged in its own terms in isolation, can probably...”
– Art as Experience, John Dewey
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“The word ‘esthetic’ refers, as we have already noted, to experience...”
– Art as Experience, John Dewey
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