Interesting Dialogue discussion on Mormon art

[Archaea]

http://www.dialoguejournal.com/conte...002-03Laga.pdf

You won't like it Tex, it uses the word "epistemological".

[Taq Man]

Originally Posted by Archaea

http://www.dialoguejournal.com/conte...002-03Laga.pdf

You won't like it Tex, it uses the word "epistemological".

Speaking of art. Why the bust of Gilgamesh?

[Archaea]

Originally Posted by Taq Man

Speaking of art. Why the bust of Gilgamesh?

It's Sargon of Akkad, not Gilgamesh.

Just something different.

[Jeff Lebowski]

Originally Posted by Archaea

Just something different.

Mission accomplished.

[Taq Man]

Originally Posted by Archaea

It's Sargon of Akkad, not Gilgamesh.

Just something different.

Ahh. My wife was in the natural history museum today and they saw a film on Gilgamesh and she said hey thats the avatar of that guy from Cougarguard. Sargon defeated (allegedly) Gilgamesh if he actually existed. No?

[Archaea]

No Gilgamesh preceded Sargon, who was a twenty-third century BCE monarch and the historical legend originates in the twenty-eighth century BCE period but was written down about the 17th century.

Here is a wikipedia article on Sargon.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sargon_of_Akkad

[Taq Man]

Originally Posted by Archaea

No Gilgamesh preceded Sargon, who was a twenty-third century BCE monarch and the historical legend originates in the twenty-eighth century BCE period but was written down about the 17th century.

Here is a wikipedia article on Sargon.

http://www.dialoguejournal.com/conte...002-03Laga.pdf

Wrong link but I found it. Thanks.

[Archaea]

Originally Posted by Taq Man

Wrong link but I found it. Thanks.

Sorry fixed it, but read the Dialogue link, it articulates better some of my thoughts on dialectic, knowledge, literalism and abstraction.

[FarrahWaters]

Interesting article. I was looking up a favorite professor of mine from BYU, and found that he has composed an opera about the Restoration. http://byutv.org/bookofgold/ In the description, it stresses that it is not a literal portrayal.

Also, I attended a performance at BYU of an operetta about the martyrdom of Joseph Smith. When the lights dimmed and the performance began, I could tell from the gasps of shock and the comments around me, that a good part of the audience was expecting something like Kenneth Cope's "Brother Joseph". Instead, it was a modern, quasi-tonal, avante-garde performance that was highly symbolic. It was very moving, and a refreshing change.

[Archaea]

Originally Posted by FarrahWaters

Interesting article. I was looking up a favorite professor of mine from BYU, and found that he has composed an opera about the Restoration. http://byutv.org/bookofgold/ In the description, it stresses that it is not a literal portrayal.

Also, I attended a performance at BYU of an operetta about the martyrdom of Joseph Smith. When the lights dimmed and the performance began, I could tell from the gasps of shock and the comments around me, that a good part of the audience was expecting something like Kenneth Cope's "Brother Joseph". Instead, it was a modern, quasi-tonal, avante-garde performance that was highly symbolic. It was very moving, and a refreshing change.

Havng no artistic abilities, I am amazed what those who are gifted and who hone their gifts can do. I wish I had been present.

Abstraction in my mind is at the heart of the revelatory process.