Re: From Daumier to Smith/Franny acting
AntiUtopia@aol.com
Fri, 17 Sep 1999 07:50:42 -0400 (EDT)
In a message dated 9/17/99 5:00:58 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
verona_beach@hotpop.com writes:
<<
So, you're saying that try as he or she might, the true artist can never
really alter or improve the human condition? Interesting interpretation. I
guess the story could be seen as a statement on the failure of the
transcendence of art - which is a concept which I suppose denies the
concept of satori which relies on unexpected, unpremeditated sources of
enlightenment. >>
That's almost what I think, but I was directing it more toward DDS personally
than outward into the world of ideas. That he personally was expecting too
much of art, his art, to the point where its importance surpassed that of the
world around him -- and that his own sense of worth was based upon his talent
as an artist.
And I like the previous post by...j? DDS couldn't keep the woman in the
display from falling, like he couldn't keep the nun from neglecting her
talent.
Jim