I will not let this group turn into anything else other than what it was se=
t up to be...
When someone like Bill Rankin leaves because of postings like this then th=
is is when i will step in and filter out the crap...
We have lost some amazing recordists here only to be replaced by artists th=
at I consider pretentious.
I'll get a lot of stick for this but I do not care, If any more of this cra=
p enters the group I will put it on moderation and those people can piss of=
f and form their own group..
> Yes I think I was one of the first 20 or so nature recordists to subscrib=
e
> to the group. I have seen a lot of different and interesting people come =
and go.
>
> However when you let pretentious bull shit artists take over and dominat=
e the group with stuff like
> this :
>
> Louie,
> "...the dynamically sublime confronts the subject with the sheer power of
> nature rather than its magnitude. Experiencing nature's power as fearful
> >without actually falling prey to fear, the subject discovers its
> superiority to nature =96 its freedom. That is, the subject is recalled t=
o
> its supersensible >destiny as a moral being precisely by being exposed to
> its sensory vulnerability. The determination of the self by exterior forc=
es
> gives way to its >determination from within, heteronomy to autonomy. With
> the dynamically sublime, in particular, philosophy seeks to master terror=
=96
> the menace that >Derrida locates at the limits of philosophical mastery."=
T
> This academic text explains my understanding of sublime in Kant. It is no=
t
> to embelish nature this is the beautiful not the sublime.To discover our
> own >freedom, to make the way from heteronomy to autonomy and finaly to
> "master terror", I think the way is in nature because it is in sublime as
> Derrida >explains.
> regards,
> Jos=E9
I no longer feel that this sort of crap has any relevance to wildlife sound
recording but then again my views are probably politically incorrect. I
come from the crusty old "Walter Knapp" school of wildlife recording.
Martyn
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Martyn Stewart
www.naturesound.org
www.soundofcritters.com
Redmond WA
425-898-0462
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