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--- In wiardgroup@y..., "konkuro" <konkuro@a...> wrote:
 
> You did not grasp my analogy.  "Hark, Pagan, while I expound!" [Line 
> from The Royal Hunt of the Sun]
> 
> A beautiful table is an end.  A carpenter uses a hammer as a means to 
> create that end.  A beautiful composition is an end.  A musician uses 
> a synthesizer to create that end.  Whether or not the hammer is 
> exquisitely carved has no bearing on its function, which is to drive 
> nails using a weight on a stick.  

a beautiful table is a tool.
its function is to hold your food closer to your mouth 
or to hold your notebook closer to your head

a 'beautiful' composition is a tool (like a lens). Its function is to expose the the two sides of your brain to one another.

lines are an illusion 
they are rows of dots