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At 01:09 AM 9/29/2007, Damien wrote:<br><br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">>>You might say,
"What the hell does beauty have to do with human <br>
>>behavior, tryanny and politics?!"<br><br>
... I'm sure there are structural links, <br>
because the same human advanced both analyses about the <br>
often-unnoticed political control of our lives, but doesn't it make <br>
more sense to focus on her specific arguments in this current book <br>
(as excerpted in the cited essay)?</blockquote><br>
Sure. A valid point. I'll comment directly on her 10 steps in
a different post, tomorrow. Nevertheless, when considering the
breath of her work it is crucial to understand her underlying style in
approaching topics. Her age may show a maturity in topics, which is
great, but I dare say she is famous because of the book on beauty. This
does not diminish her credentials and substantial insights concerning
America's condition, wherein I do find a
connection.<br><br><x-sigsep><p></x-sigsep>
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<dd><font size=2><a href="http://www.natasha.cc/">Natasha
</a><a href="http://www.natasha.cc/">Vita-More</a> </font>
<dd>PhD Candidate, Planetary Collegium -University of Plymouth - Faculty
of Technology,
<dd><font size=2>School of Computing, Communications and
Electronics</font>, <i>Centre for Advanced Inquiry in the Interactive
Arts</i> <br><br>
<dd><font face="Times New Roman, Times"><i>If you draw a circle in the
sand and study only what's inside the circle, then that is a
closed-system perspective. If you study what is inside the circle and
everything outside the circle, then that is an open system perspective. -
</i>Buckminster Fuller</font>
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