Belinda wrote: ↑Fri Aug 28, 2020 3:02 pm
But sincerity is insufficient.
without upright in heart there is no art. It is necessary, but it's not enough. For example, no one will hear a singer who will sing in an airless space, technical means and abilities are also required.
By the way, it is impossible to be absolutely upright in heart, you can only strive for this, and the curve tends to the asymptote, but does not reach it. It is impossible to eliminate the inner lie absolutely, just as it is impossible to eliminate the force of friction absolutely in nature.
«Who can say, “I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin”?»
***Hitler-approved art is created by sincere artists***
the Nazis, in principle, declared all humane and æsthetic considerations, and with it conscience, - secondary:
"But when nations are fighting for their existence on this earth, when the question of ‘to be or not to be’ has to be answered, then all humane and æsthetic considerations must be set aside… It is that the vital questions involved in the struggle of a nation for its existence must not be subordinated to any æsthetic considerations… Of course, one doesn’t discuss such a question with the Jews, because they are the modern inventors of this cultural perfume.".
And there was a result following from the declaration of the secondary of adherence to conscience.
***Soviet,***
Usually everyone sympathizes with Robin Hood, and in the Soviet Union, Robin Hood won, they took away from the rich and gave to the poor.
The class struggle was declared primary, while conscience remained secondary.
The rest was the result of this secondary nature.
At all times, art was often opposed to the ruling power, but and Moliere also sometimes had to flatter the king and get his approval.
And in our time, perhaps, will not receive approval, the one who is questioning the ruling democracy, but on the contrary, will receive condemnation. Despite the fact that still among the ancient Greeks who applied democracy, the demagogue - "the leader of the people" became a household name, characteristic of democracy.
And Plato wrote about the morals that democracy fosters -
«they euphemistically denominate insolence 'good breeding', licence 'liberty', prodigality 'magnificence', and shamelessness 'manly spirit'».
He wrote that two and a half thousand years ago, but it sounds like it was written now.
***Some of the colonial era statues now being hidden in museums were paid for by sincere men and created by sincere and talented sculptors, but as representations of truth they should be disrespected.***
and Aristotle, a supporter of slavery, - not to respect? I wonder who, for example, to respect?
