From: "barrett john erickson" <barrett-AT-skypoint.com> Date: Sat, 24 Aug 1996 00:22:20 -0700 Subject: Re: A Revolution of Creative Desire (Creativity and Moralit I realized on reading your reply Pierre, that I'd been less than clear (again) on a couple of points (i do try to remain quiet during such spells of conceptual ineptitude, but i'm occasionally flushed): Yes, my position certainly _is_ a basis for an entire ethic (it is, in fact, something I've been working on for some time) but my argument is that this, _and all_ "ethics" and "morality" are formed by everyone autonomously and that that autonomy must be defended if the creative dynamic (which i think operates quite like your description of freedom as duty) is to expand. Far from arguing the abandonment of such judgement (which i much prefer to refer to as a life "aesthetic"), i am arguing for a reorientation around the creative use of it (personal and collective), which refuses to impose, or even concern itself with continuity of ("moral") purpose. Instead these judgements should stimulate -- we should insist on it -- probing challenge, exploration and experiment, continuity evolving freely from the spontaneous truth of our lives, group actions born of shared passion. To make them, as you say, "useful to go further". ~~barrett [i also think your comment on "deformities" added a bit of welcomed dimension, which i've failed to explore and only inadequately implied by the use of quotation marks.] >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> barrett: <http://www.skypoint.com/~barrett/> ARTlab: <http://www.skypoint.com/~barrett/ARTlab/> Aesthetic Automatism: <http://www.skypoint.com/~barrett/aarc/> <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
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