{"id":1302,"date":"2009-05-21T08:54:31","date_gmt":"2009-05-21T15:54:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/artfulmanager\/wp\/2009\/05\/towards_an_artistic_theory_of\/"},"modified":"2009-05-21T08:54:31","modified_gmt":"2009-05-21T15:54:31","slug":"towards_an_artistic_theory_of","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/artfulmanager\/main\/towards_an_artistic_theory_of.php","title":{"rendered":"Towards an artistic theory of everything"},"content":{"rendered":"

Author, educator, and consultant Eric Booth has grown weary of the disconnects and bickering within the many fields of art — by discipline, by professional level, by community, by distribution channel, by artistic intent. So, in this compelling essay<\/a>, he suggests a renewed emphasis on the common core of artistic endeavor — the ‘grand unifying theory’ that crosses these boundaries and surrounds them, as well.<\/p>\n

To his eye, that core is ‘connection’ — or the many<\/i> connections made manifest by artistic expression and experience. Says he:<\/p>\n

This fundamental act of art occurs when we find the right word in a
\npoem or the dance move that captures what we know and cannot say. We
\nspark the arts connection when we enter a “world” made by someone else
\n(a work of art, a spoken image, a story, an eloquent gesture) and find
\na personally relevant connection inside it. We fire the art connection
\nwhen we pick just the right song to play for a suffering friend and
\nwhen we listen deeply to a friend’s story and connect to its unspoken
\ncore. We slip into the physics of art when we resonate inside with the
\nnote just played, when we experience a sense of eternity under a night
\nsky.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Further, he suggests that exploring the common core of artistic endeavor, rather than the myriad distinctions and categorizations, pushes us toward essential questions we need to wrestle to make our work truly connected to our world:<\/p>\n

What can we do, as believers in the power of the fundamental act of
\ncreation, to align our actions, our creations, our organizations, our
\nintentions and interactions with everyone inside and outside the arts
\nto maximize that power? How can we create environments that
\neffectively, irresistibly support and nurture that power? What events
\ncan we devise that are dedicated to that power, not merely to the
\npresentation of artworks that we hope will contain it for those few who
\npay to attend?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Great questions. Let the wrestling begin!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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