Helpful Muddle
LTHOUGH religion and politics are usually regarded as the most contentious subjects, a comparison of two Trecent-1YA _ discussions suggests that modern art might join them. The Question Mark panel on What Do We Hope for from SEATO? although it showed some divergence of opinion on the nature and value of SEATO, also revealed agreement on a number of basic _Principles, as well as on some important details, But the lively Arts Review discussion on a local exhibition of nonrepresentational art showed that, in talking of art, people using the same words do not necessarily mean the same things. The problem here was that there was so much defining to be done and so many different emotional reactions to be
reconciled that the time was exhausted before any common ground had been reached, and Vernon Brown’s final reference to "a hopeless muddle" was not inapposite. At the same time, all listeners must have learnt something valuable from the points made by A. J. C. Fisher, Michael Nicholson and Robert Lowry. I freely confess, for instance, that my crude materialistic mind had never considered the five-pound note as symbolic before!
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 31, Issue 792, 24 September 1954, Page 11
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190Helpful Muddle New Zealand Listener, Volume 31, Issue 792, 24 September 1954, Page 11
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