Art is a Participatory Event

[Totenkindly]

From Madeleine L'Engle:

If I write a book and the reader cannot create it with me, then that book is stillborn.

A painting which brings forth no response from the viewer never lives. A song which is not heard or evokes no reaction, dies.

The one who reads, who listens, who sees, who hears, is equally creator with the person who set down the words or carved the stone or sang the notes.

Do you agree? Why/Why not?

 

[Thursday]

Yes.
Much like a formula that is ineffectual,
a feeling that cannot be communicated or felt,
is not a feeling at all
if not understood, then fine
such a situation is the :
" i don't know, but i feel something "
or
" theres just something about you "

sure, vague
but feeling is not thick-skinned or obvious

of course,
there are cases in which the native is to blame
lackluster art is paramount
for art needs the channel to be
open, honest, and without ego
a painful process, indeed
thus, one can see why so many are merely
robots going through the motions
without a brain or soul

 

[suzyk]

Sure, unless you're making the book for your own entertainment.

 

[Cerpin_Taxt]

Intriguing question of aesthetics: Is something only art when shared with others, the art & literature connoisseur in me says yes, the Introvert says bugger off.

 

[Striver]

That was a great insight. This insight is now an insight coz it was created, expressed and received by people. Thanx 4 giving me th opurtunity 2 b a part of ur insight!