“Art attracts us only by what it reveals of our most secret self.” (Jean-Luc Godard)?

Question

Agree?
Disagree?
Thoughts/opinions...

Answer 1

disagree.
A work of art is like an icon -- a pictorial window of Jesus or the saints or God's other works, through which God and we pass over to each other in love. Icons give what Orthodox Christians call "uncreated light" -- the light of the world that became flesh in Jesus of Nazareth. They don't just shed that light, but communicate it. This means their light enlightens those who see, making a change in us that is something like salvation. (Now in 1984, Steve Jobs engaged in a little Orwellian phrase-turning of his own, and made "icon" into a term for the little pixellated graphics on your computer desktop. Apple capitalized on the word's mystical heritage so well that the Macintosh gained a religious aura it still possesses among its disciples. The little trashcan on your desktop is an icon in the same sense that Prince is an Artist.)




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