{Culture (continued)}[28th November 1969]

[Redbook1:106-107][19691128:1230]{Culture (continued)}[28th November 1969]

Friday, 28th November, 12.30 p.m.

            Would e.g. abstract glass work fit into this definition?  Yes, I think so, because it would show the creator’s view of his environment unconsciously -- inevitably so.  It might not be possible for us to read it, but his attitude would be in his creative work, so long as the urge to create formed at least part of his reason for creating.

            A term like “culture” cannot -- must not -- imply any value judgement, or else no two people will ever agree on what it contains: similarly with “art”. 

            I think I am guided by the historian's approach to culture, which se[es]....

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