Loved that Goethe quote at the beginning, and I highly recommend this if you haven't watched it before
dialectic- the art of investigating the truth of opinions.
I was interested in Eisenstien's presentation of the notion of being as an evolution form the interaction of two opposites ((contrast as evidence of existence // or as he relates it to film~ motion))
This is extremely relevant in the moments where things may seem too dark >> anything else seems brighter, and you can fully appreciate it then.
He goes on to propose that human expression is the conflict between conditioned and unconditioned reflexes, and refuses to accept art as a static result of living, but the dynamic process of it.
This also holds relevance for me as I am currently studying anxiety as it relates to the creative process.
This reading is definitely underlines the necessity for the artist to illuminate conflict (external/internal) through expression.
This feels like a "true opinion" to me, because I understand that my work stems from the things that I have difficulty with. The things that grate on me or make me feel most heavy give me a reason to create so that I can understand that emotion. Or why I am feeling that emotion. Sometimes this is only obvious in hindsight, but nonetheless, evidence of process rather than result.
I felt his mention of perfectionism being the killer of art to be very poignant.
I used to be very focused on perfection. I wanted to be a hyperrealist. Now I'm so glad that my mind didn't allow me to do that, because it's incredibly boring.
Occasionally, (especially now that I live with a musician who focuses so intensely on technique and practice), I feel that my work has perhaps taken too drastic of a turn in the other direction. I feel that I am in this major which completely forgoes technique in favor of artistic voice for a reason.
If a maker is overly focused on the result, instead of the process, then does the work truly have a relevant goal?
((I reach a fork in the road when I know that I am going to destroy a work, I have to make a decision whether I am going to choose to fix my mistakes. Results vary = Life))
Where's the line between seeking quality and seeking perfection? and what defines quality?
I got lost somewhere around page 55, where he started to provide specific examples, but I think I gathered something valuable out of the reading. It made me think and feel like I was on a similar train of thought~~ which only means the tracks will change!
It was nice to be validated for a moment though, and I had a spark of an idea, SO
reading = good
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