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Originally Posted by Mark Lapierre  Not in a Venn diagram, no, but a Venn diagram doesn't have axes which imply scale.
But that's ok, I misinterpreted. |
Yeah, I realized that. I've seen plenty of diagrams that use that technique, so I'm used to it.
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Originally Posted by Mark Lapierre Awareness of the feeling comes first, and then if I want to, an analysis of what causes the feeling can take place. So it's a matter of feeling that something is beautiful, and then trying to determine why. What makes it so? |
Right. But can such an analysis succeed in identifying exact distinction, if there is an exact distinction? Maybe. I'm not sure it can't, either.
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Originally Posted by Mark Lapierre My immediate answer is no, but I'm not sure why, or that I even understand what you mean by narrative. |
Well, by narrative... oh dear, what a hole I've dug myself. How do I describe narrative in the way I mean? It's a story, sure, but it's kind of an... awareness of facts. An awareness of context. An awareness of the timeline that led up to the present state.
So, I guess what I mean is... does beauty depend on how it came to be that you, the beholder, came into contact with whatever it is we are pondering the beauty of?