I endorse astrology. I believe in astrology. Paglia on Art Art is order. But order is not necessarily just, kind, or beautiful. Order may be arbitrary, harsh, and cruel.
Art has nothing to do with morality.
Moral themes may be present, but they are incidental, simply grounding an art work in a particular time and place. Literature's endless murders and disasters are there for contemplative pleasure, not moral lesson. Their status as fiction, removed into a sacred precinct, intensifies our pleasure by guaranteeing that contemplation cannot turn into action. All Rights Reserved.