Yes they do, Sam

Sam,

Yeah, I'm afraid the blog might be too complicated--and I'm not sure about the blog format as a way of back-and-forth, anyway (comments don't show up automatically, I think, which is why it makes sense to follow your lead and avoid the "comment" button). But thanks for making the effort. Thanks, too, for posting this to fac-l, too--I'll do the same.

I tend to agree with you too automatically, but I do think that sharpening the differences between arts and humanities is a good way to engage with each other and try to figure out who we are and what the hell we are doing or might do together. Though I'm wary of labeling one "creative mode" and the other "consumer mode"--good for argument's sake but it's not so simple, wouldn't you say? And "consumer mode" is nice and provocative, but maybe gets us arguing unproductively. But there I go: "getting along."

Right: What we need is a "super-ordinate" term. Right again: The way to get there is by sharpening differences. See how easily I agree? But how could I not? Still, I might almost as easily agree with someone who argued that, "No, what we need to do is identify the similarities between doing fine arts and doing humanites." I'd like to find out.

Yrs,

Graham