Kłopoty z sensem. Od sensu życia do sensu sztuki
Problems with Sense. From the Sense of Life to the Sense of Art

Author(s): Janusz Karbowniczek
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, History of Art
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Summary/Abstract: The author (who simultaneously is a painter) reflects on various aspects of the philosophy ofcreation. First, he pays attention to the capacity of the word “sense” — what it traditionally meant(relating mainly to sensual cognition), and which problems (suggested in the title) the contemporarypeople have to face. Referring to philosophical texts, the author of the article proves thatthe sense of art consists in going beyond the current existence and that it is always establishedin relation to the audience. It should be also remembered that the process of creation is alwayshazardous, just like life choices are, yet that this is the risk that a human being is bound to take.At the end of the article, the weak points of anti‑arthave been presented, the representatives ofwhich cravenly depreciate the value of the fundamental question: “Why?”

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