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DATE: SUNDAY, November 14, 1993                   TAG: 9311130015
SECTION: CURRENT                    PAGE: NRV-2   EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY 
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PORNOGRAPHY, TOO, IS IN EYE OF BEHOLDER

With regard to the letter which appeared in the Oct. 31 issue of Current criticizing Pat West's sculpture as pornography: Webster's Dictionary defines pornography as pictures, films or writing which deliberately arouse sexual excitement. Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder. Likewise, it seems that the verdict of pornography comes from the one who has beheld and been aroused. It makes me sad that the sight of a naked body, real or representational, incites some people to scream "pornography!" Is this what we think when we see our babies for the first time, naked? Is the state of being naked a deliberate attempt to arouse sexual excitement? I think not.\ Nancy Trivette\ Riner 


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