Wednesday, September 11, 2013

Ways of watching sport

"Sport sets up artificial, pointless contests, making the competitors push themselves to their limits. But doing so leads to the instantiation of aesthetic value: human bodies fully-extended, graceful style, intricate tactics, and real drama." (Stephen Mumford: source)

There is a certain intuitive appeal in seeing life the same way, perhaps we're all just works of art in the making!

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