Art As A Personal Philosophy
Submitted by gwantsome on August 31, 2007
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According to Nietzsche artistic creation depends on the tensions between two opposite forces, “Apollonian” and “Dionysian.”. Nietzsche identifies Apollonian, Apollo is the Greek god of light and reason, as the life and form giving force of measured restraint and detachment, which reinforces a strong sense of self. Nietzsche then identifies the Dionysian, Dionysus is the Greek god of wine and music, as a frenzy of self-forgetting in which the self gives way to a primal unity where individuals are at one with others and with nature. In the creation of art, both the Apollonian and the Dionysian are necessary. Without the Apollonian, the Dionysian lacks the form and structure to make a coherent piece of art, and without the Dionysian, the Apollonian lacks the necessary vitality and passion. Although they are opposed, they are also intertwined.
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