[lojban-beginners] Re: "technology"

["Jorge Llambías" <jjllambias@gmail.com>]

On 8/19/07, Vid Sintef <picos.picos@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 8/19/07, der Mouse <mouse@rodents.montreal.qc.ca> wrote:
> > > What's the difference between the x1 and the x2 of {larcu}?
> >
> > Well, I'm hardly authoritative.  But, as I read the gismu list, an
> > example might be, x1 is the building of a beautiful house where x2 is
> > carpentry.

But would "carpentry" itself not be an appropriate value for x1?
Would "building beautiful houses" not be an appropriate value for x2?
Is x1 a particular event and x2 a general type of event?

le nu zbasu le vi melbi zdani cu larcu lo nu zbasu lo melbi zdani
"Building this beautiful house is a 'larcu' of building beautiful houses"?

> Another example would be,
> Braque's "Woman and a guitar" (x1) is an art of cubism (x2).

The gismu list suggests that x1 is a process, and x2 an activity
(or an idea?). I find that very confusing. A work of art as a process?
Cubism as an activity or idea?

Is x1 the work of art or the event of making a work of art? Or either?
Is x2 the generic type of events of which x1 is a particular instance?

How do we say in Lojban:

Braque's "Woman and a guitar" is a work of art.
Cubism is a style of painting.
Painting is an art.

mu'o mi'e xorxes