I found this week's reading rather enlightening, but only in so far as I believed certain parts of it. For example, when it said "... the purpose of art is not to change but to delight," and "...I don't think it's to change us. I don't think it's to teach us."
I'd have to intrinsically disagree with that. Art is in the eye of the beholder, and the beholder is the one who will interpret the art as they will. This applies to all forms of art, including drama pieces like books, movies, plays, and games. Certainly art delights us! Why shouldn't it? But why must delight, passion, and education be mutually exclusive? The greatest pieces of art I've seen are not stationary, but tell a story, and in the story I am impassioned by the characters, events and outcomes to emulate those desirable qualities. It is the will of man that effects change; change will not be brought by the weak-willed.
My will is one that is dismal, because the world around me is stagnant, stupid, and irresponsible. But keep feeding me emotions. Keep driving my soul to aspire to greatness. Keep driving me higher and higher to a goal of power; of the ability to change. That is art. And in the greatest of art social impact can be found.
Art is not a gun used to coerce. Art is an explosion of unstoppable inspiration. It will consume all in it's radius of influence.
Don't cower from it. Embrace it's heat.
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