Path: ultra.sonic.net!wiley.napanet.net!nntp.conxion.net!news.exodus.net!uunet!in2.uu.net!128.230.129.106!news.maxwell.syr.edu!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!aristos.demon.co.uk!aristos.demon.co.uk!sam From: Sam Dodsworth Newsgroups: alt.books.cs-lewis Subject: Ugliness Date: Tue, 25 Feb 1997 12:45:55 +0000 Organization: Annexia Free Press Distribution: world Message-ID: <0x57QAAD8tEzEwAF@aristos.demon.co.uk> References: <01bc1956$ddab3c80$d27069ce@default> <33053F54.535@windjammer.net> <5e5b6s$p8m@ns2.spectra.net> <3306CFF4.1CBD@informatica.com> <33078489.4E89@windjammer.net> <3309FF5A.876@informatica.com> <5edoo8$c23@boursy.news.erols.com> <856354763.10857@dejanews.com> <5egm4m$123@netnews.upenn.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: aristos.demon.co.uk X-NNTP-Posting-Host: aristos.demon.co.uk MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Newsreader: Turnpike Version 3.01 <7c0azr3XvpMr4dZzpifF$I+pPf> Lines: 24 Xref: ultra.sonic.net alt.books.cs-lewis:6627 In article , Roger Denholm writes > >Danny, >why do you assume everyone will want to be near the deity ? >In case you have not noticed, some people like ugliness >and violence. Look at a few taglines. > A love of violence probably takes one further from God, but ugliness? In the introduction to "Alarms and Discursions" G. K. Chesterton tells a story about the different styles of art: "And under the new inspiration they planned a gorgeous cathedral in the Gothic manner, with all the animals of the earth crawling over it, and all the possible ugly things making up one common beauty, because they all appealed to the god." "Do not call unclean that which I have made", and all that. Sam Dodsworth (sam@aristos.demon.co.uk) "I think there should be more sex and violence on television, not less. Both are powerful catalysts of social change, at a time when change is desperately needed." -J.G. Ballard