Re: Imagination vs. Critical Thought

Hagbard Celine (hagbard@ix.netcom.com)
Wed, 18 Jun 1997 14:10:41 -0400


Natasha V. More (fka Nancie Clark) wrote:
>
> At 01:15 AM 6/18/97 -0700, Lee Daniel Crocker wrote:
>
> >I /am/ an artist, dammit, and not because I have a few silly poems on
> >my web page, but because I see the beauty in a mathematical proof, the
> >inspiring integrity of a rigorous philosphical argument, the fine
> >craftsmanship of a good statistical analysis, the impact of a carefully
> >tuned paragraph.
>
> The "impact of a carefully tuned paragraph," to *inspire.*

The impact of a carefully chosen colorful epithet -- dammit! -- to
*reify.*

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Hagbard Celine

Not a clerk of the nostalgia of the declining ruling class.