Published 23:57 Sunday, June 7th, 2009 by yeer 1,770 views
ISSUE 144
144、"It's the artist, not the critic, who gives society something of lasting value."
Artists provide a vivacious and somewhat enchanting element to the seemingly monotonous and immutable life experiences and therefore guarantee a relatively intriguing life journey. To be more specific and concrete, it is no exaggeration to proclaim artists the booster and purifier of our society due to their very functions. On one hand, artists can help boost our taste in life. Let us take literary as an example. Literary, which includes novels, poems, essays, dramas, etc, may be the most effective approach to enhance and deepen our understanding of society because of theirs panoramic and meticulous portrayal along with incisive analysis, just as A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens and Farewell to Arms by Earnest Hemingway do. The list goes on. On the other hand, art like paintings, drawings and music can embellish and decorate our life. We think of Mona Lisa by Da Vinci, Mazurkas by Chopin. By absorbing the essences of art, we unconsciously abandon the devil and undoubtedly artists play the role of purifier of our hearts and our society.
But meanwhile it is inappropriate for us to completely ignore the influences that critics can bring about. Firstly, the primary goal of critics is to discover excellent artists or those with great potential and to introduce them and their work to the public. In addition, arts, as a form to express passions, desires and emotions of artists, sometimes can not be exactly understood by average people, because others do not share what the artists feel during the creation process. While the comments on specific artworks from critics help people understand, appreciate and enjoy them. Although some may argue that everyone has his own understanding and attitude towards a masterpiece just as a maxim goes: there are a thousand of Hamlet in a thousand of people’s eyes, there is no denying that people will benefit when they are closer to authentic intention of the artists led by critics’comments.
Moreover, we should note that some outstanding talents possess more than one title such as Thomas Steams Eliot, a winner of Nobel Prize in Literature in 1948, was famous poet, dramatist and was also considered to be a great literacy critic of 20th century. People like this contribute to both arts and criticisms at same time.
In summary, for a complete and objective view, not only the artist but also the critic contribute to lasting values of a society.
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