tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5745814378416915364.post2504383931326222976..comments2023-12-23T00:19:35.005-08:00Comments on ADAM'S ALE: EVERYTHING IS BEAUTIFUL IN ITS OWN WAY (IS IT?)Fr. Vhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13201561855047420853noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5745814378416915364.post-60621885323876733862010-05-21T10:33:59.707-07:002010-05-21T10:33:59.707-07:00Have to watch that movie!
M. - It is not that rab...Have to watch that movie!<br /><br />M. - It is not that rabbit is not good for you - it is not good for you when abused. One matini can actually be good for you (in Oh so many ways) but as your complete diet it will not.<br /><br />Is it wrong to eat a sucker? Sweats in moderation are not bad for us. But the abuse of even something beautiful (here we can talk about the difference between pornography and art in which the figures happen to be nude) can be ugly because it is truth distorted.<br /><br />Does that make sense - of course we DID say that we would start each meeting bringing up things from the last meeting if there were any developments - but its hard to wait.Fr. Vhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13201561855047420853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5745814378416915364.post-84674425360712693462010-05-21T09:43:25.473-07:002010-05-21T09:43:25.473-07:00I'm not the only one thinking of rabbit:
http...I'm not the only one thinking of rabbit:<br /><br />http://wdtprs.com/blog/2010/05/what-to-do-sunday-supper-2/Matt Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08781640827369575153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5745814378416915364.post-36974766742712652452010-05-21T08:47:48.993-07:002010-05-21T08:47:48.993-07:00So, is beauty without truth necessarily bad? Or ca...So, is beauty without truth necessarily bad? Or can it by just amoral?<br /><br />If I eat one rabbit in your hypothetical woods just because I like the taste (and rabbit is delicious, by the way, even if it's not nutritious; just look it up in NW Cookbook), it that okay? Say, for instance, my kids want to eat a sucker. There is no value to the candy, but boy it sure does taste good. As long as that "beauty" does not overshadow "truth" (say, a serving of carrots and peas), is it wrong to eat a sucker? Maybe this would be attractiveness and not beauty b/c it doesn't point to something greater. <br /><br />Going back to art or to lit, can an attractive piece teach us about truth by means of negative example? We touched on this at the GK meeting, but we didn't develop that line of thought.<br /><br />Much to think about.Matt Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08781640827369575153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5745814378416915364.post-69884597230990380992010-05-20T14:17:50.261-07:002010-05-20T14:17:50.261-07:00".... Or perhaps there is someone whose looks...".... Or perhaps there is someone whose looks at first turned you off, but after getting to know the person find that they now appear beautiful to you."<br /><br />When I was in high school, I experienced this very phenomenon for the first time. Young men whose looks were, to me, "average" became much more attractive in my eyes if I got to know them and really liked their personalities.<br /><br />An old movie (1945), The Enchanted Cottage (starring Robert Young and Dorothy McGuire), embodied this principle.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com