Some Examples of 'Meaning'

  1. Of the remaining two: the second is plausible, but one should not underplay the distinction here between something’s being an aesthetic experience and something’s being aesthetically relevant, where the latter means merely ‘relevant to an aesthetic experience’.
  2. Examples of those artworks that begin to obscure a meaningful distinction between the art world and the natural or everyday suggest that even the act of expanding the domain of art beyond paradigmatic Western ideals might constitute the abandonment of such an ‘art-centred aesthetic’.
  3. The first, kei , has two relevant meanings: (i) to stop, remain or contemplate; and (ii) to confine oneself to, or be contented with.