What was it all for?

[davem]

Originally Posted by Raynor

I am interested in your definition of this Art; do you see it as something different from the one "presented" in my first post, and if so, how?

Would you like a quick definition of the meaning of life, too

For myself it seems that the purpose of Art is to give us an experience of a deeper reality - or a deeper experience of reality - if they aren't the same thing. But that is the role of 'religion' too, I suppose. The man built the Tower so he could look out upon the Sea.

I think, at one time, Tolkien had this wish for his 'Art'. He talked of 'passing beyond the veil' or somthing.

Something in his work touches (some of) us in some deep way, opens (some of us) us up to 'something', or at least makes us more 'aware' of the living world around us & invites a response of some kind. One can argue over whether that is a 'religious' response till the cows come home, but we do respond to something.

Great Art exerts a 'pull' on us - like the 'pull' of a distant horizon - we want to know what lies beyond it.

'Still round the corner there may wait, a new road or a secret gate...'