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ART
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essence
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| nativeness |
| creation |
| integrity |
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process
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| energy |
| attraction |
| content |
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form
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| placement |
| association |
| materials |
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AoA part four: "essence"
The upper third of art, "essence" is the qualities that belong to the work itself, without consideration of other people or the physical universe. The other two parts are what helps this part reach into the physical universe and do something for others apart from the artist.
The Essence has characteristics which are independent of the physical universe and what happens there.
Without the lower two parts (function and form) the Work will accomplish very little. But without the Essence there is no work at all.
Imagine two bubbles over each other, connected by a shaft. In the upper bubble, the artist creates his work. This is pure, and solely his own. In the lower bubble, the physical universe, he places a model of what he has put in the upper bubble (his own universe). Others see the "model", the physical represention, of his work in the physical universe, and if he is successful, this will help them see the actual work in the upper bubble. The shaft is the doorway. The Essence is the qualities of the work in the upper bubble, the "form" is the qualities of the physical representation in the lower, and the "process" is the qualities of the energy flow in between. |