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C. A. Bridges@cabridges.bsky.social |
I love Edward Gorey’s theory of art: “Art…is presumably about some certain thing, but is really always about something else, and it’s no good having one without the other, because if you just have the something it is boring and if you just have the something else it’s irritating.”
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Stefan Mesch
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my ex just wrote a fun personal essay about him: edwardgorey.org/gorey-dad-me/
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@brightlavender.bsky.social
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This definition works for so many things, too. Just beautiful.
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C. A. Bridges
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Finally reading “Born to Be Posthumous” and ran across Gorey’s theory in a letter to Peter F. Neumeyer.
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Tina Hoggatt
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That guy.
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Taevakaabits
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That's just some preplatonic philosophy you can catch from Iamblichus: (1) something good in itself, like pleasure, (2) something good for something else, e.g money, power, fame, etc. and (3) something both good in itself and useful for other things - wisdom. It's also in The Republic, I think.
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Nothings Monstered
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