tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post623005115884983605..comments2024-03-28T19:27:59.772+00:00Comments on A K Haart: Freedom and creativityA K Haarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05897490979828603179noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-5000966404021456622012-04-05T12:00:34.560+01:002012-04-05T12:00:34.560+01:00James - 2050 is my optimism peeking through.James - 2050 is my optimism peeking through.A K Haarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05897490979828603179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-34659532679378558192012-04-04T21:18:16.329+01:002012-04-04T21:18:16.329+01:00In fifty years or so, we’ll maybe know what it is
...In fifty years or so, we’ll maybe know what it is<br /><br />I'd say we'll be lucky to make it past 2030.James Highamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14525082702330365464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-52294527021006695462012-04-04T20:01:51.475+01:002012-04-04T20:01:51.475+01:00Roger - "Perhaps freedom is like a squashy ba...Roger - "Perhaps freedom is like a squashy balloon, squeeze it here and it expands over there, a bit like the universe." <br /><br />Good analogy although balloons are vulnerable to pricks (:<br /><br />Demetrius - yes, the classicists seem to have been more remote and less demanding which is what we need more of today.A K Haarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05897490979828603179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-8354018839859279362012-04-04T19:34:52.823+01:002012-04-04T19:34:52.823+01:00@Demetrius
Well from Walpole on they had a rising...@Demetrius<br /><br />Well from Walpole on they had a rising market and pots of moolah. The patrician view helped 'this is good for you - and this (not the same at all!) is good for us'. This lasted up till MacMillans's time. From then a sinking market and that wretched telly and smart-arsed meeja types.<br /><br />At least with the patricians you knew what they had in mind, this lot hide the real message as best they can.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-7911661264109119232012-04-04T15:14:22.732+01:002012-04-04T15:14:22.732+01:00Re political elites being on the wrong track. One...Re political elites being on the wrong track. One thinks of all those who governed in the 18th, the 19th and into the 20th Centuries whose mindset was from the Classics, with particular reference to Ancient Rome.Demetriushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17198549581667363991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-70289489035227995592012-04-04T08:52:53.475+01:002012-04-04T08:52:53.475+01:00There seems no shortage of creativity - matchstick...There seems no shortage of creativity - matchstick cathedrals, craft fairs, Twitter. Corrie is very good too, would have gone down a storm at The Globe. Lots of creativity and commercially driven by leisure and education. One would expect a new Tolstoy or Picasso to pop up every minute. Perhaps their work will emerge in time.<br /><br />Nurtures itself? Yes it does, yesterday's discussion of sound and accent on R4 was interesting at two levels - why anyone would bother or be paid for this and why it was actually so interesting. Initially I thought 'elitist tosh' and then thought 'how interesting, I'm glad someone thinks this worth paying for'. On the other hand there is Hirst's skull - totally vulgar imho - maybe I cannot see its second level.<br /><br />Then there is genius, something that tends to arise out of hard study early on that matures into something sublime - and rare.<br />Been reading details of Leonardo's technique, just shows what a well funded and bright chap can do when he keeps away from art school. But Leonardo represented and worked for an elite. If you can fake genius you got it made.<br /><br />Perhaps freedom is like a squashy balloon, squeeze it here and it expands over there, a bit like the universe.<br /><br />Sadly I feel politics is a lost cause.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com