Art and interpretation.
Mar. 23rd, 2005 10:23 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
danuvScenario:
I'm an artist. I pour myself, my life, my experiences, my emotions, my logic, my skill into a great work. 200 years later people see this. 200 years later one person sees my work. They view through the filter of all of the same things, their own emotions, logic, background, experiences. This creates their interpretation of my art. Another person with a great depth of knowledge about my life and history views it, sets it into the context of all of that and allows all these things to shape their perception of my work. Yet another person is in possession of a previously lost or secret letter explaining my original intent and this is how they chose to understand the piece.
Which person is interpreting my art in the 'right' way? Why?
I'm an artist. I pour myself, my life, my experiences, my emotions, my logic, my skill into a great work. 200 years later people see this. 200 years later one person sees my work. They view through the filter of all of the same things, their own emotions, logic, background, experiences. This creates their interpretation of my art. Another person with a great depth of knowledge about my life and history views it, sets it into the context of all of that and allows all these things to shape their perception of my work. Yet another person is in possession of a previously lost or secret letter explaining my original intent and this is how they chose to understand the piece.
Which person is interpreting my art in the 'right' way? Why?
