Ray Evans Harrell wrote
"To sit in a sacred place is a great privilege. It is not something that
can be used indiscriminately. And most certainly the issue of cash or
capital is a very suspect one. Cash, capital and other forms of
objectification have a way of killing relationships."
Let me take this answer as a chance to thank you for your contributions.
It is so important to give symbols for high values the sacred room they
deserve. I won't miss to visit The Magic Circle Chamber Opera when I
should visit New York sometime.
In my last contribution, I tried to distinguish the attitude of learning
from the attitude of wanting (which I mean in the sense of wanting
objects). I had the idea, that commitment leads to desireable learning
while advertisements aim to wanting people buy objects.
I understand your contributions as fighting against the instability of
commitment and relationship compared to stable just wanting something to
have (at any cost). It is so easy to misuse sacred symbols to create
"wants" (Beethoven for selling cars) and therewith to distroy the symbol
(broken stick). On the other hand it is impossible to advertise for
relations and commitment. It distroys relations if they are understood as
something one can want to have, possess.
But what chance do have people who are educated throughout their life,
that wanting is all? I imagine you, Ray, as someone who works for giving
them a chance.
Thank you!
Winfried
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