Janet said:
PPS: I wanted to say here what I said to Henry in a private communication.
I feel something like veneration for Japanese art forms and their respect for natural qualities of materials.
"...feel something like veneration for Japanese arts forms and their respect for
<u>natural</u> qualities of materials."? That is heavy, Janet! But . . .
I wonder if you feel the same way about all Japanese art forms. How, for instance, would you venerate the Art of Bonzai, considering that it doesn't show
too much "respect" for the "natural qualities" of a tree?
There's nothing "natural" about
any "art", Janet, Japanese or otherwise. And when it comes to that "truth in materials"? [ **cough** ].
Edited to note that "truth in materials" is an incorrectly remembered and, therefore, a misquote of something Janet said. Quote should have been "truth <u>to</u> materials". Sorry, Janet! <u>My</u> bad.
[This message has been edited by Patricia A. Marsh (edited April 19, 2005).]