True Essence is never personal, because it has nothing to do with humans. Boris Shoshensky
---------- Original Message ---------- From: armando baeza <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Cc: armando baeza <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Heidegger: truth and art Date: Sun, 12 Apr 2009 06:51:13 -0700 Chris, there is no true essence in an identifiable thing. the essence is always personal at most. if A is essence , B in art can never be A...never and no way! mando On Apr 12, 2009, at 5:12 AM, Chris Miller wrote: >>> "If someone is making a work that unconceals the true essence of > 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 > > > But if your drawing does not unconceal the "true essence" of some > identifiable > thing, then you haven't made a work of art, Mando -- at least, > according to > Heidegger. > > And since art is logical, there is only one true essence for > everything (even > for Mando) : if A does not equal B, then the essence of A does not > equal the > essence of B. This is especially problematic for a painter like > William who > intends to make that which appears meaningless. I doubt that > Heidegger would > hold that intention against him, but he would only consider William > an artist > if he failed to achieve it. > > Heidegger is something of an imperialist. > > In any period of time, there is one, and only one set of true > essences -- > there are no exceptions for cultural diversity. (just as there > weren't in the > great totalitarian states of the 20th C.) > > The contemporary artworld is the same way. It will only recognize > artists > from China or India if those artists have abandoned their own > traditions and > are presenting the tropes of contemporary art. (the public art now in > Millennium Park, Chicago, is a fine example - from Anish Kapoor's > bean to the > hot new Chinese sculptors now on temporary display.) > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________ > Click for free information on top investing websites and services. > http://thirdpartyoffers.netzero.net/TGL2231/fc/ > BLSrjnxQyrrZI48KKCoUZ853CjpaFK > DQDsVtTAibqtWk3M0TxxyViKKa6re/
