The soul of PLAYBOY
Alfred Urrutia
rampagingsloth@yahoo.com
Thu, 29 May 2003 14:45:21 -0700 (PDT)
--- Brian Sorgatz <bsorgatz@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> Right on, sister. I believe what you have said is another way of saying
> that beloved cultural artefacts such as magazines have a certain quality
> that may be called soul. The authors James Hillman and Thomas Moore (not to
> be confused with Sir Thomas More) have some fascinating insights on locating
> soul in inanimate objects. Hillman says that most Westerners now consider
> this notion strange because of the legacy of Descartes, who confined soul to
> human beings and described the physical world as so much dead matter. This
> email group doesn't seem to enjoy abstract philosophical discussion, but I
> thought I'd put this out anyway.
>
I agree. I still have some books (mostly paperbacks) that I bought when I was
in gradeschool because of how much I prefer their look (cover art) and feel
(paper texture) over newer editions. I love hardback books, too, like my art
books and architecture books. I think the problem with magazines is that they
are considered throw-away. They get bent up everywhere, rolled up, and then
chucked after reading through them a couple of times. I don't do that,
especially with the mags I subscribe to like Playboy, Mopar Action, etc., and
even the mags I buy at the newsstands I tend to pick through to find the least
beaten versions. But fighting that throw-away mentality is hard in this
country.
Alfred.
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