Re: [Leica] Arf she said

["Dan Post" <dpost@triad.rr.com>]

Joe-
After careful consideration, I have an idea that the translation would
follow thusly:
If by Surrealist she means a 'higher' realism, then we think of imaginative
thought, and of course, a vantage point is simply- a point of view. Think of
radical at being extreme to the norm, and 'modern culture' as- society.
Devolution is a regression, a throwback, and irony is used here to show that
the 'evidence' or things and events in our sphere of influence, are
democratized- made common and cheap, in our current understanding of the
word.
The key word is 'strategy'- a means of implementing an agenda. So it
basically boils down to-
"Beauty is in the eye of the beholder", and " Those who fail to study
history are doomed to repeat it..."
See? It's really simple! :o)
Dan (Geez! My head hurts!...Honey! Where's my Ritalin!?) Post


> << Suzy said:
>
>  "The Surrealist strategy, which promised a new and exciting vantage point
> for
>  the radical criticism of modern culture, has devolved into an easy irony
> that
>  democratizes all evidence, that equates its scatter of evidence with
>  history."  >>
>
> This is the kind of thing one might expect from a guy with a super-rare
> watch.  Is there a URL with a translation?
>
> Joe Sobel