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On 6/6/2012 7:28 AM, 77002 wrote:
Well I guess something can be an icon and be uggly, as oposed to being an icon and beautiful. Anna Noyd-Dryver wrote: Mihangel wrote: The BBC did not add to the occasion with its inane comments. 'These iconic buildings'; cut to slabs of 1960s concrete: Just because it's a slab of 1960s concrete doesn't mean it's not iconic... Anna Noyd-Dryver PMFJI, those building are iconic for they are representative of their time. rc |
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On 09/06/2012 02:57, redcat wrote:
On 6/6/2012 7:28 AM, 77002 wrote: Well I guess something can be an icon and be uggly, as oposed to being an icon and beautiful. Anna Noyd-Dryver wrote: Mihangel wrote: The BBC did not add to the occasion with its inane comments. 'These iconic buildings'; cut to slabs of 1960s concrete: Just because it's a slab of 1960s concrete doesn't mean it's not iconic... Anna Noyd-Dryver PMFJI, those building are iconic for they are representative of their time. rc Yes, that's right. The term is woefully overused though, as in "iconic picture". What else would it be? -- Myth, after all, is what we believe naturally. History is what we must painfully learn and struggle to remember. -Albert Goldman |
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