This is because a work of art is understood not by the mind only, but by the emotions and by the body itself.
Ursula K. Le Guin — Ursula on Writing: A Message about Messages
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This is because a work of art is understood not by the mind only, but by the emotions and by the body itself.
For the ancient Greeks it was a matter of course to weave the figures of the gods into their portrayals of historical events, for the gods were still near to them, experienced by them as living beings. Art was not possible without this realization of the Divine. In our time, however, the law of karma came before the eyes of spirit as a problem of k
... See moreRudolf Steiner • Guidance in Esoteric Training
Artworks don’t manage knowledge—they channel it. It takes time and attention to understand an artwork’s meaning. Each piece demands a process of reconciliation, and a merging of two contexts: the artwork’s own history and the viewer’s private knowledge network. When it’s placed in a new context, its meaning evolves and expands elastically. It store... See more
Willa Köerner • A Personal Philosophy of Shared Knowledge
But a work of art doesn’t come out purely transparent, without personality. A work of art always has the smell, so to speak, or the feelings of whoever produced that particular work of art.
Chogyam Trungpa • True Perception: The Path of Dharma Art
The fourth intuition combines those above: feeling a groove, and understanding it, does not occur in thought, nor in listening alone, but through the body.
Tiger C. Roholt • Groove: A Phenomenology of Rhythmic Nuance
Art is not an object, but a special kind of communication between an artist and an audience. It’s a communication for when words won’t do. For when you want to communicate something more interesting, nutritious, complex, or strange. But since high bandwidth telepathy doesn’t exist yet, a mediating object needs to be crafted to articulate this commu
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