"If someone is making a work that unconceals the true essenceof
something,
that person is making art"
It's the same as looking or thinking of a chair and drawing a
large rock
I agree. That"s what I've always done, because it's our only choice.
mando
On Apr 11, 2009, at 6:28 AM, Chris Miller wrote:
Heidegger writes "The nature of art would then be this: the truth
of beings
setting itself to work" (not as an "imitation and depiction of
reality" -- but
as "the reproduction of the thing's general essence")
And he writes that "Truth belongs to logic. Beauty, however, is
reserved for
aesthetics"
Note that no mention is made above (or anywhere in the essay) of a
personal
truth -- a truth that is true for one person (perhaps an artist)and
not
another (perhaps a viewer)
So, there's no need for him to distinguish between what an artist
intends and
what you might perceive. (the word "intent" never occurs in this
essay - does
it?)
If someone is making a work that unconceals the true essence of
something -
that person is an artist making art - whether a viewer
recognizes that
truth or not. (and as Heidegger notes in his discussion of the true
essence of
Van Gogh's shoes, it would be "self deception" for the viewer not
to recognize
it)
Heidegger leaves no room for personal interpretation -- but only
for the
passage of time -- i.e. truth changes over historical periods - so
an ancient
Greek might have visited a temple to share the presence of a God,
you, the
modern tourist, might visit it to think about the religion of the
ancient
Greeks.
This is why, I would suggest, that Heidegger's philosophy is so
amenable with
tyranny.
Every truth (like, perhaps, the proper destiny of the German
people) is true
in each historical period -- and if your mind can't realize that --
there is
something wrong with you (that if not corrected, might eventually
have to be
corrected by a bullet to the brain)
Saul writes that "Heidegger is not looking for conventions habits
of mind-
but for insight , those that might help the mind grasp its place in
the world
- that is allow it to construct a world-picture" -- but Saul needs
to specify
that Heidegger is looking for a *True* world picture (not just
one that
anybody might imagine)
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