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ART
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essence
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| 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 nine: "attraction"
"Attraction" is the quality that is noticed more than anything else (apart from association) in a work. And it is probably the one that is the most important when it comes to the immediate success of the work, if we are talking about how many people notice and desire the work.
But it is quite possible to overrate the importance of this characteristic, for it is nothing by itself. In fact, when this characteristic is very strong, and most of the others are very weak, you have something that might be a commercial success, but still is rather destructive on a spiritual level. (A work of art will never be more destructive than creative, but still.) It is similar to "food" that contains only great taste, but no nutritional value. The audience gets nothing out of it, but he is almost trapped in it because of the strong attraction.
"Attraction" is easily confused with beauty, but it isn't. Real beauty contains attraction too, but it contains the other things from the scale also to nourish the soul. |