The pearly gloom of a Parisian winter afternoon flooded the room as he gazed down at the plaza to observe the moving city in miniature. From this window, the whole organism of city life could be seen at once, yet no part of it could stay still or be fixed: rooflines dissolved at their edges, and horse-drawn carriages moved through the square while pedestrians shuffled among them, their bodies reduced by height and dis
this was beautiful, and answered a lot of my questions around my impulse to create. i guess i cannot negotiate myself out of it, but simply assume the responsibility of gift giving
Your way of expressing an "owing' of talent to the world is a beautiful framing!
For me, the fundamental element of art and creation is reciprocity; mutual transformation. We struggle, wriggle and writhe, we are in friction with the world and when we create —whether it be an art-piece, an essay, a child even— we exchange pieces of ourselves with it, and imbue it with pieces of us.
Machines "create" but they will never be different for its creation, they are static, transformation allergic, stuck in stasis.
I agree with you, was nodding my head while I was reading. There’s another dimension I’ve heard talked about, that ties a more to a person’s ego, which is a fear of erasure. If a machine can do something I can do (even if philosophically it’s only a simulacrum) and people are willing to accept it as such, does that mean my personal expression is devalued, and my life is less meaningful?
I think you are absolutely right about the community aspect of creation; talent is creative consciousness, concentrated at a specific point, and consciousness is in communion with another. The challenge is getting the other to accept you and validate your individual expression. If the world accepts machine art as such, it becomes harder to differentiate oneself from the world.
Great piece, and really onto something here too!!! Art is a gift and in my studies this term from Poythress and John Frame --in some ways art/beauty/technique is linked to the Spirit (which is also given as a gift, the other comforter given to us)! And how cool it is that theologically the technical mastery of the Bible as literature, and craftsmen in scripture, is often associated with the Spirit's inspiration. The same Spirit which "breathes" to give life, and hence life flowed outward from the communion of God is a relational gift.
In an age of fractured relationships we need to recapture art, what makes us human, and gift--and your essay helps us do precisely that.
this was beautiful, and answered a lot of my questions around my impulse to create. i guess i cannot negotiate myself out of it, but simply assume the responsibility of gift giving
Your way of expressing an "owing' of talent to the world is a beautiful framing!
For me, the fundamental element of art and creation is reciprocity; mutual transformation. We struggle, wriggle and writhe, we are in friction with the world and when we create —whether it be an art-piece, an essay, a child even— we exchange pieces of ourselves with it, and imbue it with pieces of us.
Machines "create" but they will never be different for its creation, they are static, transformation allergic, stuck in stasis.
Lovely, affirming piece :)
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I agree with you, was nodding my head while I was reading. There’s another dimension I’ve heard talked about, that ties a more to a person’s ego, which is a fear of erasure. If a machine can do something I can do (even if philosophically it’s only a simulacrum) and people are willing to accept it as such, does that mean my personal expression is devalued, and my life is less meaningful?
I think you are absolutely right about the community aspect of creation; talent is creative consciousness, concentrated at a specific point, and consciousness is in communion with another. The challenge is getting the other to accept you and validate your individual expression. If the world accepts machine art as such, it becomes harder to differentiate oneself from the world.
This was very moving thank you for your words x
Great piece, and really onto something here too!!! Art is a gift and in my studies this term from Poythress and John Frame --in some ways art/beauty/technique is linked to the Spirit (which is also given as a gift, the other comforter given to us)! And how cool it is that theologically the technical mastery of the Bible as literature, and craftsmen in scripture, is often associated with the Spirit's inspiration. The same Spirit which "breathes" to give life, and hence life flowed outward from the communion of God is a relational gift.
In an age of fractured relationships we need to recapture art, what makes us human, and gift--and your essay helps us do precisely that.