--- authfriend wrote: > > In many if not most cases, great art finds a way to > transform or transcend the suffering it deals with, > to make it positive; that's why it's so compelling.
Amen. I've observed two extremes in art; one you might call the "pure beauty" school and one you might call the "cathartic" school. The Pure Beauty school is like Monet's water lilies -- very pretty. The Cathartic school may or may not have the obvious beauty of the Beauty school, but whatever it has, it juxtaposes it with pain, and may even heal the pain in the process. People who've visited the University of Iowa Museum of Art may have seen the Nazi Drawings of Mauricio Lasansky. That's an example of the Cathartic school. Work that's horrible to contemplate, but too compelling not to contemplate. I thought my 'ru buddy Pam would acknowledge the Cathartic school becaue it operates somewhat the way transcending releases stress, but she was adamant that artists do people a disservice to be anything but positive. It was the classic "no negativity" TMO position lamented here on occasion. But that was 20 years ago. I don't know what her position might be today. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/UlWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
