Sunday, September 8, 2013

A Short Examination of the Purpose of Art

When I think why I feel compelled to create something expressive and original, I am left entirely without an answer that fully satisfies me. I have the definite urge to communicate an emotional message, but emotions are themselves lacking in definition or any observable status. It is probable that the ambiguity that surrounds emotional expression perhaps initializes the desire in us to map and take command of the unknown. To be the intrepid voyager to bring the indecipherable concepts of feeling to a place where others can directly understand the emotion you want them to. That you can portray a visceral concept using a method that allows the communication and eventual transfer of a usually personal and lonely experience.

Feeling is not normally a social event. Societally, we actively attempt to silence the unintentional expression of emotions. Without the consent of the listener, we rightfully feel that we would be infringing upon their privacy. Each member of a social structure typically exists in a limbo between their expressed feelings and the ones which they hold to themselves. Both because they don't want others to know, or they are unable to explain precisely what and why an emotional object actually is. The ability to translate the incommunicable seems, alluring to say the least.


Food for thought, my friends.

 ~V 1.0~

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