Comments on: brief comment on truth

By: Matt

Matt — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 21:09:34 +0000

Thank you for the wonderful comments. I think there is a lot of merit to what Agent Snowflake says. Also I wanted to note that my opinion above was shaped by Karl Popper’s ideas about searchlights. I wanted to find an appropriate quote, but still haven’t found the time ….

By: Nothingman

Nothingman — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 19:27:53 +0000

Aptly said man. The job of the artist is to show rest depends on the readers, viewers, users of the art. Any piece can have a different meaning for everyone

Rock on!

By: Agent Snowflake

Agent Snowflake — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 06:49:25 +0000

Matt, I agree with you, and I want to add that EVERYTHING is out there, the ugly, the scary, the discordant – as well as the beautiful images – and we CHOOSE where we direct our spotlights. Our predisposition determines whether we shall keep seeking for things we call beautiful or things we call horrible – and every person and artist is free to focus on what interests him/her.

Therefore, I differ from you in respect only, you wrote:

“The artists just have to keep revealing more and more, as much as they can, of all the beautiful and radiant truth that is out there to be seen.”

There is no hypothetical ethical imperative that the artists “have to” reveal the beautiful and radiant; artists are free to reveal the ugly and the depraved, just as artists are free to describe their highest ideals and most depraved thoughts.

We are free to accept or reject what is revealed and revere some artists and reject others on the basis of our own taste and ideas, so I only want to enlarge your concept of what artists can do – while emphasizing our individual right to enjoy or ignore their work.

As for sending spotlights searching for things we love while knowing it is but a small aspect of “truth” – I agree with you 100%!

By: Kitty

Kitty — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 15:29:52 +0000

Let there be light… so much light… everyones’s light…

What a great post…

Thanks Matt.