ext_3064 ([identity profile] dragontdc.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] wispfox 2004-03-01 07:28 pm (UTC)

Well,, it's not just you. And there are degrees of it.

I was merely trying to explain the concept of beauty as sometimes painful, and how that can be a pleasant kind of pain. In my effort to explain the general idea, I used strong terms, but as with any feeling, it can be anything from barely there to overwhelming.

In your case, it's mild but noticeable. I mean, ultimately, I don't even know you, and I have only seen a few tiny pictures of you. Mild but noticeable is doing pretty good, considering.

And I wasn't implying that you, (or anyone else to whom the feeling applies, and there are many), were even conscious of it, let alone wanting to seem unapproachable. Unapproachble is a word that carries nuance of snobbery, and I'd hesitate to apply it to anyone without being very sure I knew them. My meaning in my explanation was that there is a seperation between observer and subject that creates a dynamic tension, a relationship centered on the act of observation. This is typically called "art".

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