From: pixy@yabbs
To: Natalie@yabbs
Subject: re: art is temporal
Date: Sun Jun 12 22:35:23 1994

In message re: art is temporal, Natalie said:
> i'm sorry, but I think you're oh so very wrong.  They pyramids have 
> survived thousands of years, along with many many many of
> the accompanying artworks (the gold is anotherstory).  The Sistine Chapel 
 
I'm sorry Nat, but i gotta go with arachnoi on his point about the
temporality of art. Life is temporary, so logically it seems hard to
beleive that the temporal could produce something eternal. Art is
temporary, it won't last forever. Just like you and me it tires of
fighting the destructive powers of decay and eventually returns to it's
original state--dust. 

But perhaps that's the beautiful thing about it is that it does decay. It
is the emotional and even spiritual process we undergo in creating it
followed by it's certain decay and destruction. I don't see how this is
unbeautiful. Art's like a totally mental reproduction of life, and subject
to the same rules for better or for worse. 

I don't think i'd want it to be eternal anyway. I tend to fear the thought
of eternity and the power of anything that could exist incessantly.

O Tempora
pixy