I have a hard time avoiding the snarky response, but the following observation helped. Whether or not there are applications obviously doesn't matter, but the *question* of whether or not there are applications is often interesting. It's hard to inspire folks to see beauty, but easy to re-frame the question to yourself. On Tue, Mar 6, 2018 at 11:04 AM, Joerg Arndt <arndt@jjj.de> wrote:
Anyone being annoyed by this question when you presented something you found beautiful in its own? I certainly have. Plus, being a bit diplomatically challenged (ask Neil!), I'd like to hear a way of answering that question without appearing to be rude. "I don't care one bit" does not work, as I verified empirically.
Best regards, jj
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