/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

>>1915514
Some definitely thought so, and maybe it is. Even in classical literature, we are warned of hubris, but both classical and Christian writings also tell us to imitate God and to even be one with. "But his delight is in the law of the Lord; and in his law doth he meditate day and night." If the thoughts are what necessitate action, then surely he who thinks of divine things will act godly. But anyone who's striven for perfect divinity whether in art or otherwise will know the limitations of humanity, having to communicate through symbols. Plato perhaps hints at this when he writes that an approximation of justice should suffice, knowing that truth cannot truly exist in the changing realm of material reality. Art can never be truly divine for that reason likewise, but it's thought of as a connection between heaven (the ideal), and earth (the material), and for this the ancients figure Mercury for art, who is a messenger of the gods to mankind, and because he is like the air that is intermediate between the sun and earth. What is definitely a blasphemy, if it is such a thing, will be to make a deity out of art.

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