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Think room:
The Nature and Meaning of Art
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AS
a frustrated fiddler in several artistic disciplines
I have been forced to spend a lot of time considering
the nature and meaning of art.
'Do we create for ourselves, the audience, or both?', 'What
approaches to art are there?', and 'How may artistic expression
be useful to society?' These are typical questions that have
troubled my mind.
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Art and the Ultimate Question
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"... The human organism is built around one
fundamental question: 'How shall I relate to my existence?'
All human activity may be interpreted as either a search for
answers to this question, or the application and testing out
of the answers that are found. ..."
(07/03/97)
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Ingemar Lindh: Creativity versus Life
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"Thursday June 26th 1997, the internationally respected theatre master
Ingemar Lindh died from sudden heart failure. His last
public speech was at the theatre festival a
Summernight's Dream in Porsgrunn, Norway, three
weeks earlier. His main topic for the occasion was
the human compulsion for being creative, seen in
contexts of the individual and society."
(07/04/97 - 07/08/97)
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Art Speaking to its Artist
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"A
couple of months ago a friend and former work partner of mine
paid a visit. For some reason we began to talk about writing
'You seem always to be able to create the feeling and
atmosphere that you want in what you write,' he generously told
me. 'I have written a lot lately, about things I feel very
intensely about, but it seems to me that I cannot convey my
emotions to the reader.' ..."
(06/13/97)
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Other Perspectives
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"Links to pages with similar or different
perspectives on the Nature and Meaning of Art."
(06/13/97)
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