The artist has some internal experience that produces a poem, a painting, a piece of music. Spectators submit themselves to the work, which generates an inner experience for them. But historically it's a very new, not to mention vulgar, idea that the spectator's experience should be identical to, or even have anything to do with, the artist's. That idea comes from an over-industrialized society which has learned to distrust magic.


Dhalgren (ed. Hachette UK, 2010) - ISBN: 9780575091009

Samuel R. Delany Quotes

The artist has some internal experience that produces a poem, a painting, a piece of music. Spectators submit themselves to the work, which generates ...

The artist has some internal experience that produces a poem, a painting, a piece of music. Spectators submit themselves to the work, which generates ...

The artist has some internal experience that produces a poem, a painting, a piece of music. Spectators submit themselves to the work, which generates ...

The artist has some internal experience that produces a poem, a painting, a piece of music. Spectators submit themselves to the work, which generates ...