la generosità imprevidente (del suicida)

13:02 May 28, 2014 

thank you! :)

11:52 May 28, 2014 

Luskie: Ha! Yes, it was about time the seasonal as well as metaphoric fog cleared!! :-)) Thanks for your, as always, helpful and witty input!

10:56 May 28, 2014 

:) now that I come to think about it, it's a bit like the difference between trying to lend a hand here in the discu and suggesting appealing but random/wrong answers to make points (with no ref whatsoever to the present kudoz, of course! btw, I often like Michael's suggestions). happy to have contributed to the... chnage of season :) we are in May after all!

10:43 May 28, 2014 

Ciao Luskie ... aha! Now, the thick, pea soup fog is gradually beginning to clear - into... well, just 'fog' .... (Only joking!!)

10:36 May 28, 2014 

ciao Amanda, no, not that kind of favour :)) the idea is that the artist does the world the favour of giving away his art as a generous gift, with little care for fame&money - it's in the latter sense that he kills himself

10:24 May 28, 2014 

"impegno di tutte le energie nel corso di un’attività o di una competizione..." frpom Word Ref Italian Dictionary

10:11 May 28, 2014 

Thanks everyone for your time. A clarification for Michael: I had not suggested that "generosity is suicidal in my version, in fact, I had eliminated 'generosity' in my version precisely because to my British ear it just sounds daft ;-)) - in fact, it's a mystery to me what generosity has to do with artistic suicide? Luskie: you believe that generosity has it's usual meaning here - but how? Is the artist doing the world a favour by committing artistic suicide?!! Certainly, in the case of this artist, there are some among the viewing public (myself excepted) who would be inclined to agree!! In answer to Janice's rhetorical question: Right! That's the meaning ... not 'physical suicide' ;-)) Thanks, all!

08:12 May 28, 2014 

yes, not physical, la contrapposizione è tra un'efficientismo vincente e una generosità perdente, something like "the suicidal lack of foresight of generosity"

07:11 May 28, 2014 

I presume the writer refers to "artistic" suicide in the sense of producing something meaningful, but incomprehensible or not pleasing to the public(s). Not talking about the artist's physical suicide, right? Just checking.

00:40 May 28, 2014 

it seems to me that generosità has its usual meaming here, as at the other end of the rope you have the many artists which would rather organize their work as a business and make money... but yes, "si trova lungo l'asse superficiale" is absolute waffle, as it makes no sense and adds nothing to a "linea retta che congiunge le due estremità della corda"

20:46 May 27, 2014 

Well, yes, Phil, waffle indeed! Thanks anyway!

20:12 May 27, 2014 

"La linea retta che si trova lungo l'asse superficiale della corda"??? The straight line of the rope, presumably.

20:09 May 27, 2014 

What a load of waffle. Sorry, I'm none the wiser...

19:52 May 27, 2014 

Exactly, Phil: the meaning of "generosita' " is unclear to me too - and that's with both the preceding and following sentences, the first of which I tried to sum up in my reference to the tightrope above.

Preceding sentence: "La corda tesa sospesa nel vuoto, con i suoi due capi e i suoi opposti destini potrebbe rappresentare due casi paradigmatici di quella che è l’andamento della produzione artistico- culturale nel mondo conosciuto: tra questi due estremi esistono infiniti casi intermedi che possono essere descritti come punti o scorrimenti lungo la linea retta che si trova lungo l'asse superficiale della corda.

Following sentence: "Ma questo comporta il rischio dell’ annacquamento del prodotto per servire un pubblico ritenuto poco propenso alle complicazioni"

The next sentence after that goes on to talk about Marxist and elitist theories of high and popular culture.

19:23 May 27, 2014 

Could you give us the sentences before and after this, please? The meaning of "generosità" is not clear without the full context.