This place sure goes in "spurts"

[David Gerard]

2009/7/21 Peter Garrett <peter.garrett at optusnet.com.au>:

> Some of the greatest achievements of human culture have been at their
> heart quite irrational. Consider expressionism, surrealism, or indeed
> many forms of art. Even though art issues from the human mind, and is
> sometimes rationally thought out, most artists would I think tell you
> that they often produce works in a quite irrational manner, and
> sometimes that works beautifully.


Richard Dawkins spoke in favour of the perpetual unavailability of
music, as per his new book The Art Delusion. “‘Music’ appears to be an
entirely subjective phenomenon with little or no objective
measurements possible — much like any other brand of snake oil or
balderdash. Music seems to be a sort of virus on human consciousness,
parasitically sapping the collective intelligence of the human race.”
He defended his own attendance at his local church’s Christmas carols:
“I’m only putting them at their ease so they let their guard down
while I work on plans for mass re-education camps for the sufferers of
musical appreciation.”

http://notnews.today.com/2009/04/23/sound-copyright-extended-into-perpetuity/


- d.