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Re: Betreft: Re: Steg's wonderful .sig (and a question)

From:Boudewijn Rempt <bsarempt@...>
Date:Friday, November 5, 1999, 11:02
On Fri, 5 Nov 1999, Thomas R. Wier wrote:

> Rob Nierse wrote: > > > About justifying your conlang: this is my standard answer: > > > > "I can't justify." > > How do you justify that for which the very idea of "justification" > makes no sense? Does it makes sense to "justify" the Mona Lisa, > or the Sistine Chapel? After the fact, maybe (in this line of thinking: > because they make money for the Louvre/Vatican) -- but not > when the artists involved were first thinking about the idea. >
I tend to answer that men is created to create - creating is the justification for the creation. When I'm making a conlang, I'm doing what I've been made for - when I'm making money not. I admit that this answer tends to get weird looks ;-). Boudewijn Rempt | http://denden.conlang.org/~bsarempt