Andrew McCluskey

Aesthetically sophisticate individuals are likely to become cosmopolitan — i.e. they understand their culture of origin as arbitrary and become open-minded towards alternatives. Individuals with fewer aesthetic experiences are likely to remain provincial : They believe that only their culture of origin is correct, which closes their minds to other... See more

what more does one want from art but hope?

Whether you believe in the 1/9/90 rule of social networks or not,

First of all: what is work? Work is of two kinds: first, altering the position of matter at or near the earth’s surface relatively to other such matter; second, telling other people to do so. The first kind is unpleasant and ill paid; the second is pleasant and highly paid. The second kind is capable of indefinite extension: there are not only... See more