A lecture delivered at Clemson University in February, 2007 by Richard E. Miller, Chair of the English department, Rutgers University. Focuses on the transformative power of beauty in these apocalyptic times.
As far as I know, in reality, there just is no building in existence that successfully meets the purported aim of magically in-sighting reflection in its perceivers. You don't see a piece of modern architecture with a subsequent question about the world popping into your head. Not outside of "what were they thinking?" Of course, the narrow party line within the humanities is that such "pieces" are supposed to do so but that is symptomatic of the bull crap of the humanities if anything is.
As far as I know, in reality, there just is no building in existence that successfully meets the purported aim of magically in-sighting reflection in its perceivers. You don't see a piece of modern architecture with a subsequent question about the world popping into your head. Not outside of "what were they thinking?" Of course, the narrow party line within the humanities is that such "pieces" are supposed to do so but that is symptomatic of the bull crap of the humanities if anything is.
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